Growth Rate and Body Size at Maturity of Florida Black Bears

Factors Influencing Home-range Size of Female Florida Black Bears

The manner in which space is utilized by animals is influenced by several factors, including habitat quality and the distribution and abundance of resources. We used 4 years (2000–2003) of radiotelemetry data to investigate the space-use pattern of female Florida black bears (Ursus americanus floridanus) in the Ocala National Forest and an adjacent residential community of Lynne, north-central ...

Denning Ecology of Florida Black Bears in North-Central Florida

We studied the denning chronology, den type, and den-site characteristics of Ursus americanus oridanus (Florida Black Bear) in Ocala National Forest (ONF) and the adjacent residential area of Lynne, FL. We monitored 35 radio-collared females for 62 den years from 1999 through 2003. Den entry dates did not differ between parturient females (females that gave birth to cubs during the winter) and ...

Reproductive Ecology and Cub Survival of Florida Black Bears

We investigated reproductive ecology and cub survival of Florida black bears (Ursus americanus floridanus) in Ocala National Forest and the adjacent residential area of Lynne, Florida, USA, 1999–2003. We documented production of 81 cubs from 39 litters. Average litter size was 2.08 6 0.11 (SE) cubs. The mean age of first reproduction was 3.25 6 0.27 years. Excluding females that reproduced in c...

Demographic consequences of anthropogenic influences: Florida black bears in north-central Florida

0006-3207/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.029 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 352 846 0648; fax E-mail addresses: [email protected], jhostetler@anim Anthropogenic habitat fragmentation poses a serious threat to conservation of large carnivores, due to their extensive movements and potential conflicts with humans. We studied the population ecology of Florida ...

Body Surface and Core Temperatures of Hibernating Black Bears