Session Chair: Agnieszka Sergiel
Invited Talk: IT02 – Long-term genetic and spatial insights into the conservation of the isolated Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) population

Patrizia Giangregorio, Anna Padula, Federica Mattucci, Romolo Caniglia, Elena Fabbri, Francesca Davoli, Vincenzo Gervasi, Vincenzo Buono, Nicole Macrì, Roberta Latini, Daniela Gentile, Fausto Quattrociocchi, Laura Scillitani, Antonio Antonucci, Giovanna Di […]
OR03 – The genomics of the Apennine brown bear: evolutionary and conservation insights

Giorgio Bertorelle, Andrea Benazzo, Roberto Biello, Paolo Ciucci, Elisa Desiato, Giulia Fabbri, Silvia Fuselli, Carolyn Mahan, Emiliano Trucchi The Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) is not only an iconic […]
OR28 – Foraging strategies of grizzly bears: Insights from stable isotopes in a dynamic ecosystem

Elise Loggers, Andrea R. Litt, Justine A. Becker, Matthew J. Gould, Kerry A. Gunther, Mark A. Haroldson, Frank T. van Manen Population trajectories emerge from the ability of individuals to […]
OR34 – Reproductive strategies and maternal trade-offs: Insights from Scandinavian brown bears

Ashlee Mikkelsen, Anne Hertel, Agnieszka Sergiel, Aimee Tallian, Nuria Selva, Andreas Zedrosser Differences in resource allocation form the basis of life-history theory, however, realized phenotypes depend on local adaptations. Maternal […]
OR04 – Genomic erosion and epigenetic resilience in the critically endangered Apennine brown bear population

Ian Bonapace, Laura Gramolini, Paolo Ciucci, Paolo Colangelo, Livia Chavko, Paolo Franchini, Leonardo Gentile, Alexandros Karamanlidis, Jonas Kindberg, Oddmund Kleven, Alexander Kopatz, Josè Vicente López-Bao, Lana Pađen, Slaven Reljic, Emanuela […]
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 […]
OR08 – High throughput standardaized bear genotyping for genetic monitoring and common databases

Marta De Barba, Barbara Boljte, Marjeta Konec, Elena Pazhenkova, Teresa Berezowska-Cnota, Tashi Dhendup, Trishna Dutta, Patrizia Giangregorio, Djuro Huber, Velichka Kardjeva, Ruben Iosif, Nadia Mucci, Barbara Promberger, Pierre-Yves Quenette, Bipan […]