The smell of success: Reproductive success related to rub behavior in brown bears
Several species of bears are known to rub deliberately against trees and other objects, but little is known about why bears rub. Patterns in rubbing behavior of male and female brown bears (Ursus arctos) suggest that scent marking via rubbing functions to communicate among potential mates or competi...
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fthsinnlandet:oai:brage.inn.no:11250/2999868 2024-03-03T08:49:17+00:00 The smell of success: Reproductive success related to rub behavior in brown bears Morehouse, Andrea T. Loosen, Anne Elizabeth Graves, Tabitha A. Boyce, Mark S. 2021 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2999868 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247964 eng eng https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247964 PLOS ONE. 2021, 16 (3), . urn:issn:1932-6203 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2999868 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247964 cristin:1979316 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no 0 16 PLOS ONE 3 brown bears (Ursus arctos) rubbing behavior scent marking communication VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400 Peer reviewed Journal article 2021 fthsinnlandet https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247964 2024-02-02T12:42:31Z Several species of bears are known to rub deliberately against trees and other objects, but little is known about why bears rub. Patterns in rubbing behavior of male and female brown bears (Ursus arctos) suggest that scent marking via rubbing functions to communicate among potential mates or competitors. Using DNA from bear hairs collected from rub objects in southwestern Alberta from 2011–2014 and existing DNA datasets from Montana and southeastern British Columbia, we determined sex and individual identity of each bear detected. Using these data, we completed a parentage analysis. From the parentage analysis and detection data, we determined the number of offspring, mates, unique rub objects where an individual was detected, and sampling occasions during which an individual was detected for each brown bear identified through our sampling methods. Using a Poisson regression, we found a positive relationship between bear rubbing behavior and reproductive success; both male and female bears with a greater number of mates and a greater number of offspring were detected at more rub objects and during more occasions. Our results suggest a fitness component to bear rubbing, indicate that rubbing is adaptive, and provide insight into a poorly understood behaviour. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Høgskolen i Innlandet: Brage INN PLOS ONE 16 3 e0247964 |
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Several species of bears are known to rub deliberately against trees and other objects, but little is known about why bears rub. Patterns in rubbing behavior of male and female brown bears (Ursus arctos) suggest that scent marking via rubbing functions to communicate among potential mates or competitors. Using DNA from bear hairs collected from rub objects in southwestern Alberta from 2011–2014 and existing DNA datasets from Montana and southeastern British Columbia, we determined sex and individual identity of each bear detected. Using these data, we completed a parentage analysis. From the parentage analysis and detection data, we determined the number of offspring, mates, unique rub objects where an individual was detected, and sampling occasions during which an individual was detected for each brown bear identified through our sampling methods. Using a Poisson regression, we found a positive relationship between bear rubbing behavior and reproductive success; both male and female bears with a greater number of mates and a greater number of offspring were detected at more rub objects and during more occasions. Our results suggest a fitness component to bear rubbing, indicate that rubbing is adaptive, and provide insight into a poorly understood behaviour. publishedVersion |
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The smell of success: Reproductive success related to rub behavior in brown bears |
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