Habitat characteristics around dens in female brown bears with cubs are density dependent

• Published in: Mammal Research
• Main Authors: Uzal, A., Martínez-Artero, J., Ordiz, A., Zarzo-Arias, A., Penteriani, V.
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Universidad de Oviedo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2022
• Subjects: Denning behavior; Density-dependence; Females with cubs; Human-dominated landscapes; Human-modified landscapes; Ursus arctos; Margarita; Salas
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/273116; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-022-00640-8; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100006382

The mechanisms determining habitat use in animal populations have important implications for population dynamics, conservation, and management. Here, we investigated how an increase in annual numbers of brown bear females with cubs of the year (FCOY) in a growing, yet threatened population, could ex...