Skip to main content
WCS
Menu
Library
Library Catalog
eJournals & eBooks
WCS Research
Archives
Research Use
Finding Aids
Digital Collections
WCS History
WCS Research
Research Publications
Science Data
Services for WCS Researchers
Archives Shop
Bronx Zoo
Department of Tropical Research
Browse By Product
About Us
FAQs
Intern or Volunteer
Staff
Donate
Search WCS.org
Search
search
Popular Search Terms
WCS History
Library and Archives
Library and Archives Menu
Library
Archives
WCS Research
Archives Shop
About Us
Donate
en
fr
Title
Rapid ecological and behavioural changes in carnivores - the responses of black bears (Ursus americanus) to altered food.
Author(s)
Jon Beckmann and Joel Berger
Published
2003
Publisher
Journal of Zoology
Abstract
This study reveals the response of black bears (Ursus americanus), and changes in their behavior, to the abundance of food - garbage - in urban areas. Results show that urban black bears are less active and spend less time denning than their wildland counterparts. Based on research at the urban–wildland interface and wildland areas at the interface of the Sierra Nevada Range and Great Basin Desert in western North America.
Keywords
Black bears, Ursus americanus, behaviour, human-altered landscapes
Full Citation
Beckmann, J. P., and J. Berger. 2003. Rapid ecological and behavioural changes in carnivores: the responses of black bears (Ursus americanus) to altered food. Journal of Zoology 261(2):207-212.
Access Full Text
Back
DMX557500000