Coexistence between large carnivores and humans is a global conservation concern. Montana (USA) home to recovering grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) populations increasing human–grizzly interactions. In 2019, we administered survey of Montanans investigate factors influencing normative beliefs about population sizes quantify the relationship these satisfaction with management in state. Using linear r...

Albert, D. M., and R. T. Bowyer. 1991. Factors related to grizzly bear-human interactions in Denali National Park. Wildlife Society Bulletin 19:339-349. Despite improved management, serious bear-human interactions in Denali National Park increased greatly from 1987 to 1989. Researchers collected reports of bearhuman interactions to evaluate level, location, and type of interactions. Causes and ...

Using grizzly bears as surrogates for "salmon ecosystem" function, the authors develop a generalizable ecosystem-based management framework that enables decision makers to quantify ecosystem-harvest tradeoffs between wild and human recipients of natural resources like fish.

Although the American black (Ursus americanus) and American brown (grizzly) (Ursus arctos horribilis) bears have been the subjects of intensive physiological research, very little so far, has been done to understand the physiology of the European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos). In our laboratory the research on the physiology of European brown bears started 10 years ago. Between 1987 and 1997...

Non-invasive measures for assessing long-term stress in free ranging mammals are an increasingly important approach for understanding physiological responses to landscape conditions. Using a spatially and temporally expansive dataset of hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) generated from a threatened grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) population in Alberta, Canada, we quantified how variables representi...

There is a long history of conflict in the western United States between humans and grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) involving agricultural attractants. However, little is known about the spatial dimensions of this conflict and the relative importance of different attractants. This study was undertaken to better understand the spatial and functional components of conflict between humans and grizzly...