Title
Using Genetic Relatedness To Investigate The Development Of Conflict Behavior In Black Bears
Author(s)
S. W. Breck, C. L. Williams, J. P. Beckmann, S. M. Matthews, C. W. Lackey, And J. J. Beecham
Published
2008
Publisher
Journal of Mammalogy
Abstract
An investigation of whether food conditioning behavior in black bears (Ursus americanus) is inherited or learned via parent–offspring social learning based on genetic and behavioral data collected for black bears from the Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada, and from Yosemite National Park.
Keywords
Asocial learning, black bear, food conditioning, FST, Lake Tahoe Basin, microsatellite, relatedness, social learning, Ursus americanus, Yosemite National Park
Full Citation
S. W. Breck, C. L. Williams, J. P. Beckmann, S. M. Matthews, C. W. Lackey, And J. J. Beecham. Using Genetic Relatedness To Investigate The Development Of Conflict Behavior In Black Bears. Journal of Mammalogy, 89(2):428–434, 2008

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