Grizzly bear (<i>Ursus arctos</i>) movements and habitat use predict human-caused mortality across temporal scales

While the location of wildlife mortalities provides some insight on cause death, identifying risk factors associated with mortality events and in which cases these result death requires information individual behaviour prior to death. With access a long-term database grizzly bear ( Ursus arctos L., 1758) GPS locations, we investigated how differed between individuals that died anthropogenic causes those survived across different temporal scales. We analyzed movement (diurnality daily displacement) habitat use (modelled quality) bears residing Alberta, Canada, from 2005 2021 determine whether behaviours 2–4 years, 1 year, week patterns changed over time. found diurnality increased last year life, while displacement differences becoming greater nearer day Grizzly used high-risk low-quality at all time scales, as approached. Our analysis suggests do not occur randomly but happen times when exhibit behaviours. This can be make management decisions related management, road use, human access.