Session Chair: Matthew Gould
OS15 – The sweet spots of risky mountains – individual variation in brown bear spring forays to reindeer calving grounds

Cecilia Di Bernardi, Aimee Tallian, Jenny Hansen, Inger Maren Rivrud, Jenny Mattisson, Neri Horntvedt Thorsen, Joseph Bump, Örjan Johansson, Jonas Kindberg, Ole-Gunnar Støen When large carnivores are attracted to exploit […]
OS18 – Bioenergetics, Behaviour, and Habitat Functionality: Comparing Brown Bears in the Alpine and Dinaric-Balkan Regions.

Stefano Filacorda, Duško Ćirović, Slaven Reljić, Neda Bogdanović, Ilija Pantelić, Djuro Huber, Goran Gužvica, Lidija Šver, Ratko Popović, Haris Hadžihajdarević, Marija Iković, Igor Stojović, Aleksandar Perović, Dražen Kotrošan,, Mirko Šarac, […]
OS45 – Fluctuating beech mast drives spatial behavior and damage risk in brown bears

Clara Tattoni, Andrea Corradini, Francesco Chianucci, Marco Ciolli, Natalia Bragalanti, Francesca Cagnacci, Adriano Martinoli, Damiano G. Preatoni, Francesco Bisi Mast seeding, the variable and intermittent production of seeds by trees, […]
OS50 – Denning of brown bears in the Tatra Mts. – Method matters

Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica Brown bear hibernation attracts considerable interest not only among scientists but also the general public. Bear dens are often perceived as almost mythical, and common beliefs about their […]
OS12 – Bridging welfare and rewilding: developing a pre-release program for rescued bears in Southeast Asia

Zachary David, Brian Crudge, Matt Hunt For decades, Free the Bears has provided lifelong sanctuary care to Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) and sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) rescued from the […]
OS08 – Intrinsic and extrinsic factors associated with haematological parameters in brown bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Andrea Corradini, Agnieszka Sergiel, Craig Whitman, Mark Haroldson, Matthew Gould, Elise Loggers, Cecily Costello, Kerry Gunther, Stephen Smith, Courtney Cass, Frank T. van Manen Understanding how individual traits and environmental […]