PS69 – Population Density and Potential Sarcoptic Mange Transmission in American Black Bears: A Spatial Capture-Recapture Study in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia
Madison Thurber, Isabella Sciarrino, Brett Jesmer, Dana Morin, Katherine Martin, Carl Tugend, Marcella Kelly Infectious diseases pose a significant threat to wildlife conservation by driving population declines, fragmentation, and local […]
OR52 – Estimating Brown and Black Bear Abundance from Noninvasive Genetic Monitoring: A Synthesis
Marcella Willett, Mihai Pop, Ruben Iosif, Viorel Popescu Noninvasive genetic monitoring is a powerful tool for conservation and wildlife management and has been growing in popularity as a relatively cost-effective […]