Ursids (Ursidae)

American black bear (Ursus americanus)

“Bear-ly” learning: Limits of abstraction in black bear cognition (Vonk, J. & Jett, S.E., 2018)

Diet and macronutrient optimization in wild ursids: A comparison of grizzly bears with sympatric and allopatric black bears (Costello, C.M. et al., 2016)

Temporal niche switching by grizzly bears but not American black bears in Yellowstone National Park (Fortin, J.K. et al., 2013)

Wolf and bear predation on white-tailed deer fawns in northeastern Minnesota (Kunkel, K.E. & Mech, L.D.,1994)

Habitat and space utilization of black bears in Cherokee National
Forest, Tennessee (Clevenger, A.P., 1986)

Food preference testing of captive black bears (Bacon, E.S. & Burghardt, G., 1983)

Brown bear (Ursus arctos)

Brown bear skin-borne secretions display evidence of individuality and age-sex variation (Clapham, M. et al., 2023)

Problem-solving and spontaneous tool-using ability in European brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos) (Chambers, H.R. & O’Hara, S., 2023)

Ain’t nothing like family—Female brown bears share their home range with relatives (Olejarz, A. et al., 2022)

Habitat characteristics around dens in female brown bears with cubs are density dependent (Uzal A. et al., 2022)

Linking landscape structure and vegetation productivity with nut consumption by the Cantabrian brown bear during hyperphagia (Pérez-Girón, J.C. et al., 2022)

Age ain’t nothing but a number: factors other than age shape brown bear movement patterns (Penteriani, V. et al., 2021)

Brown bear feeding habits in a poor mast year where supplemental feeding occurs (Pereira, J. et al., 2021)

Dining from the coast to the summit: Salmon and pine nuts determine the summer body condition of female brown bears on the Shiretoko Peninsula (Shirane, Y. et al., 2021)

Does moonlight affect movement patterns of a non-obligate carnivore? Brown bears do not mind that the moon exists (Lamamy, C. et al., 2021)

Factors affecting the home range of Dinaric-Pindos brown bears (De Angelis, D. et al., 2021)

Of wolves and bears: Seasonal drivers of interference and exploitation competition between apex predators (Tallian, A. et al., 2021)

Towards understanding bold behaviour of large carnivores: the case of brown bears in human-modified landscapes (Bombieri, G. et al., 2021)

Visual marking in mammals first proved by manipulations of brown bear tree debarking (Penteriani, V. et al., 2021)

The role of the brown bear Ursus arctos as a legitimate megafaunal seed disperser (García-Rodríguez, A. et al., 2021)

A dispersing bear in Białowieża Forest raises important ecological and conservation management questions for the central European lowlands (Diserens, T.A. et al., 2020)

Denning in brown bears (González-Bernardo, E., Russo, L.F. et al., 2020)

Endozoochorous dispersal by herbivores and omnivores is mediated by germination conditions (Karimi, S. et al., 2020)

Phenology of brown bear breeding season and related geographical cues (García-Rodríguez, A. et al., 2019)

Large carnivore expansion in Europe is associated with human population density and land cover changes (Cimatti, M. et al., 2019)

The ecology of human–carnivore coexistence (Clayton, T.L. et al., 2019)

Density and reproductive characteristics of female brown bears in the Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain (Penteriani, V. et al., 2018)

Water availability limits brown bear distribution at the southern edge of its global range (Mehdi, A.H. & Ghoddousi, A., 2018)

Brown bears in Central Italy: a 15-year study on bear occurrence (Morini, P. et al., 2017)

Competition between apex predators? Brown bears decrease wolf kill rate on two continents (Tallian, A. et al., 2017)

Evolutionary and ecological traps for brown bears Ursus arctos in human- modified landscapes (Penteriani, V. et al., 2017)

Conflict misleads large carnivore management and conservation: brown bears and wolves in Spain (Fernández-Gil, A., 2016)

Diet and macronutrient optimization in wild ursids: A comparison of grizzly bears with sympatric and allopatric black bears (Costello, C.M. et al., 2016)

Paws without claws? Ecological effects of large carnivores in anthropogenic landscapes (Kuijper, D.P.J. et al., 2016)

Seasonal and annual variation in the diet of brown bears Ursus arctos in the boreal forest of southcentral Sweden (Stenset, N.E. et al., 2016)

Social play in wild brown bears of varying age-sex class (Clapham, M. & Kitchin J., 2016)

Assessing nutritional parameters of brown bear diets among ecosystems gives insight into differences among populations (López-Alfaro, C. et al., 2015)

Seasonal diet composition of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in northeastern Minnesota determined by scat analysis (Chenaux-Ibrahim, Y., 2015)

Wolves trigger a trophic cascade to berries as alternative food for grizzly bears (Ripple, W.J. et al., 2015)

Estimating the population size of the endangered Cantabrian brown bear through genetic sampling (Pérez Méndez, T. et al., 2014)

Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes (Chapron, G. et al., 2014)

Scent-marking investment and motor patterns are affected by the age and sex of wild brown bears (Clapham, M. et al., 2014)

Stress and reproductive hormones in grizzly bears reflect nutritional benefits and social consequences of a salmon foraging niche (Bryan, H.M. et al., 2013)

Temporal niche switching by grizzly bears but not American black bears in Yellowstone National Park (Fortin, J.K. et al., 2013)

Trophic cascades from wolves to grizzly bears in Yellowstone (Ripple, W.J. et al., 2013)

A hypothetico-deductive approach to assessing the social function of chemical signalling in a non-territorial solitary carnivore (Clapham, M. et al., 2012)

Tool-use in the brown bear (Ursus arctos) (Deecke, V.B., 2012)

Body length and mass growth of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in northern Canada: Model selection based on information theory and ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism (Bartareau, T. et al., 2011)

The brown bear population in Estonia: current status and requirements for management (Valdmann, H. et al., 2001)

The dietary habits of the Brown bear (Ursus arctos) in western Greece (Paralikidis, N. et al., 2010)

Selection of denning habitats by Scandinavian brown bears Ursus arctos (Elfström, M. et al., 2008)

Population density and food conditions determine adult female body size in brown bears (Zedrosser, A. et al., 2006)

Denning behaviour of Scandinavian brown bears Ursus arctos (Manchi, S. & Swenson, J.E., 2005)

Kin-related spatial structure in brown bears Ursus arctos (Støen, O.-G. et al., 2005)

Juvenile survival and benefits of play behaviour in brown bears, Ursus arctos (Fagen, R. & Fagen, J., 2004)

Family breakup in brown bears: Are young forced to leave? (Dahle, B. et al., 2003)

Seasonal range size in relation to reproductive strategies in brown bears Ursus arctos (Dahle, B. & Swenson, J.E., 2003)

A mammalian predator-prey imbalance: Grizzly bear and wolf extinction affect avian neotropical migrants (Berger, J. et al., 2001)

Constraints on herbivory by grizzly bears (Rode, K. et al., 2001)

Is the return of the wolf, wolverine, and grizzly bear to Oregon and California biologically feasible (Noss, R. et al., 2001)

The diet of the brown bear Ursus arctos in the Pasvik Valley, northeastern Norway (Persson, I.-L. et al., 2001)

Effect of energy availability, seasonality, and geographic range on brown bear life history (Ferguson, S. & McLoughlin, P.D., 2000)

Brown bear, Ursus arctos, scavenging patterns (Elgmork, K. & Tjørve, E., 1996)

Denning ecology of brown bears on Admiralty and Chichagof islands (Schoen, J.W. et al., 1987)

The grizzlies of Mount McKinley (Murie, A., 1981)

Notes on the behavioral development of two female black bear cubs: The first eight months (Burghardt, G.M. & Burghardt, L.S., 1972)

Social behavior of the Alaska brown bear (Storonov, D. & Stokes, A., 1972)

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

Wolf (Canis lupus) predation of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub on the sea ice off Northwestern Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada (Richardson, E. & Andriashek, D., 2006)

Assessing habitat selection when availability changes (Arthur, S. et al., 1996)

Interactions of wolves and polar bears in Northern Manitoba (Ramsay, M.A. & Stirling, I., 1984)

Ursids (Ursidae)

Isotopic evidence for dietary flexibility among European Late Pleistocene cave bears (Ursus spelaeus) (Robu, M. et al., 2013)