Session Chair: Alexandros Karamanlidis
OS44 – Bears as dynamic omnivores under global change
Jörg Albrecht, Hervé Bocherens, Keith A. Hobson, Dorothée G. Drucker, Agnieszka Sergiel, Jon E. Swenson, Andreas Zedrosser, Adrian Marciszak, Elisabeth Iregren, Leena Drenzel, René Kyselý, Grzegorz Lipecki, Daniel Makowiecki, Jan […]
OS47 – When humans are gone: Andean bear occupancy patterns and effects from COVID-19 lockdown effects in the Chingaza Massif, Colombia.
Ivan Vela Vargas, Diego Lizcano, Jose F. González-Maya, John Koprowski The Chingaza Massif of Colombia is one of the most important core areas for Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus) conservation. This […]
OS49 – Niche variation in polar bears across heterogeneous sea-ice environments
Chloe Warret Rodrigues, Andrew Derocher, James Roth, Geoff Koehler, Kevin Kardynal, David McGeachy, Nicholas Pilfold, Keith Hobson Intraspecific competition, including conspecific killing, can structure populations by driving niche partitioning through […]
OS25 – Synthesizing published climate change projections to inform giant panda conservation
Germar Gonzalez, Xiaoxing Bian, Ron Swaisgood, Megan Owen Climate change modeling is common tool used to anticipate climate change impacts on wildlife and inform adaptive conservation planning. Giant pandas (Ailuropoda […]
OS43 – Stable isotope analysis reveals physiological strategies for body water management in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)
Patricia Schenke, Anthony M. Pagano, Karen Caceres, John P. Whiteman Animals must remain in water balance to support their physiological function. The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) range is characterized by […]
OS48 – Multi-scale response of grizzly bear habitat selection to harvested forests and fire disturbance
Milan Vinks, Cecily M. Costello, Lori L. Roberts, Sarah N. Sells Forest disturbance can reinstate early successional vegetation, often providing abundant grizzly bear foods. However, uncertainty remains in factors influencing […]
OS19 – Eating the Anthropocene: Brown Bears and the Hidden Threat of Microplastics
Shannon Finnegan, Andy Schroeder, Scott Farling, Kenzie Hahne, Kayla West, Tyler Brasington, Melanie Clapham Plastic accounts for approximately 80% of all human-produced waste materials found in marine environments, with approximately […]
OS28 – A Genetic Recovery Cascade at Europe’s Southern Edge: 25 Years of the “Hellenic Bear “Register”
Alexandros Karamanlidis, Miguel de gabriel Hernando, Alexander Kopatz, Lambros Krambokoukis, Tomaž Skrbinšek At the southernmost edge of the brown bear’s (Ursus arctos) European distribution, Greece hosts a population once considered […]
OS38 – Parentage-Based Population Estimation and Genetic Diversity in an Extremely Small Population of Asian Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus) on Shikoku Island, Japan
Naoki OHNISHI, Takaki YAMADA, Kyohei ANDO The Shikoku population of the Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) is one of the smallest and most endangered bear populations in Japan. Once widely […]