OR20 – History of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) exploitation in Canada: hunt types and periods, data sources, and research needs for a comprehensive assessment of historical population trends
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) hunting in Canada has a long history, spanning thousands of years. Harvest intensity increased significantly during the historic period, and populations were greatly reduced by the […]
OR37 – All hands on deck – combining multiple data streams to uncover demographic consequences of intense brown bear hunting
Inger Maren Rivrud, Aimee, Jonas Kindberg The Swedish brown bear population is a success story of effective conservation: thanks to targeted measures, the population recovered from ~100 individuals a century […]