Data_Sheet_1_Working Together for Grizzly Bears: A Collaborative Approach to Estimate Population Abundance in Northwest Alberta, Canada.zip
Grizzly bears are a threatened species in Alberta, Canada, and their conservation and management is guided by a provincial recovery plan. While empirical abundance and densities estimates have been completed for much of the province, empirical data are lacking for the northwest region of Alberta, a...
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ftfrontimediafig:oai:figshare.com:article/16728550 2023-05-15T18:42:17+02:00 Data_Sheet_1_Working Together for Grizzly Bears: A Collaborative Approach to Estimate Population Abundance in Northwest Alberta, Canada.zip Courtney Hughes Rolanda J. Steenweg Lucas M. Vander Vennen Natalka A. Melnycky Lyle Fullerton James T. Witiw Andrea Morehouse 2021-10-04T04:45:11Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2021.719044.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_1_Working_Together_for_Grizzly_Bears_A_Collaborative_Approach_to_Estimate_Population_Abundance_in_Northwest_Alberta_Canada_zip/16728550 unknown doi:10.3389/fcosc.2021.719044.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_1_Working_Together_for_Grizzly_Bears_A_Collaborative_Approach_to_Estimate_Population_Abundance_in_Northwest_Alberta_Canada_zip/16728550 CC BY 4.0 CC-BY Conservation and Biodiversity Biological Adaptation Speciation and Extinction Animal Behaviour Global Change Biology conservation governance collaboration management grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) population theory of change SECR Dataset 2021 ftfrontimediafig https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2021.719044.s001 2021-10-06T23:01:09Z Grizzly bears are a threatened species in Alberta, Canada, and their conservation and management is guided by a provincial recovery plan. While empirical abundance and densities estimates have been completed for much of the province, empirical data are lacking for the northwest region of Alberta, a 2.8 million hectare area called Bear Management Area 1 (BMA 1). In part, this is due to limited staff capacity and funding to cover a vast geographic area, and a boreal landscape that is difficult to navigate. Using a collaborative approach, a multi-stakeholder working group called the Northwest Grizzly Bear Team (NGBT) was established to represent land use and grizzly bear interests across BMA 1. Collectively, we identified our project objectives using a Theory of Change approach, to articulate our interests and needs, and develop common ground to ultimately leverage human, social, financial and policy resources to implement the project. This included establishing 254 non-invasive genetic hair corral sampling sites across BMA 1, and using spatially explicit capture-recapture models to estimate grizzly bear density. Our results are two-fold: first we describe the process of developing and then operating within a collaborative, multi-stakeholder governance arrangement, and demonstrate how our approach was key to both improving relationships across stakeholders but also delivering on our grizzly bear project objectives; and, secondly we present the first-ever grizzly bear population estimate for BMA 1, including identifying 16 individual bears and estimating density at 0.70 grizzly bears/1,000 km 2 -the lowest recorded density of an established grizzly bear population in Alberta. Our results are not only necessary for taking action on one of Alberta's iconic species at risk, but also demonstrate the value and power of collaboration to achieve a conservation goal. Dataset Ursus arctos Frontiers: Figshare Canada Corral ENVELOPE(-62.950,-62.950,-64.900,-64.900) |
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Conservation and Biodiversity Biological Adaptation Speciation and Extinction Animal Behaviour Global Change Biology conservation governance collaboration management grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) population theory of change SECR Courtney Hughes Rolanda J. Steenweg Lucas M. Vander Vennen Natalka A. Melnycky Lyle Fullerton James T. Witiw Andrea Morehouse Data_Sheet_1_Working Together for Grizzly Bears: A Collaborative Approach to Estimate Population Abundance in Northwest Alberta, Canada.zip |
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Grizzly bears are a threatened species in Alberta, Canada, and their conservation and management is guided by a provincial recovery plan. While empirical abundance and densities estimates have been completed for much of the province, empirical data are lacking for the northwest region of Alberta, a 2.8 million hectare area called Bear Management Area 1 (BMA 1). In part, this is due to limited staff capacity and funding to cover a vast geographic area, and a boreal landscape that is difficult to navigate. Using a collaborative approach, a multi-stakeholder working group called the Northwest Grizzly Bear Team (NGBT) was established to represent land use and grizzly bear interests across BMA 1. Collectively, we identified our project objectives using a Theory of Change approach, to articulate our interests and needs, and develop common ground to ultimately leverage human, social, financial and policy resources to implement the project. This included establishing 254 non-invasive genetic hair corral sampling sites across BMA 1, and using spatially explicit capture-recapture models to estimate grizzly bear density. Our results are two-fold: first we describe the process of developing and then operating within a collaborative, multi-stakeholder governance arrangement, and demonstrate how our approach was key to both improving relationships across stakeholders but also delivering on our grizzly bear project objectives; and, secondly we present the first-ever grizzly bear population estimate for BMA 1, including identifying 16 individual bears and estimating density at 0.70 grizzly bears/1,000 km 2 -the lowest recorded density of an established grizzly bear population in Alberta. Our results are not only necessary for taking action on one of Alberta's iconic species at risk, but also demonstrate the value and power of collaboration to achieve a conservation goal. |
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Data_Sheet_1_Working Together for Grizzly Bears: A Collaborative Approach to Estimate Population Abundance in Northwest Alberta, Canada.zip |
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