Using camera traps to study behaviour in wild populations: a case study of the brown bear Ursus arctos

• Main Authors: Clapham, Melanie, Nevin, Owen, Ramsey, Andrew D., Rosell, Frank
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: 599 Mammals; British Columbia; Canada; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/3567/; https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/3567/1/Clapham_TheUseOfCamera.pdf

Research on endangered species often relies on behavioural information to acquire data throughout a range of fields. The demographics of a population can be directly measured, yet the study of social behaviour, plasticity, and interactions is somewhat restricted. Brown bears are a species which, due...