Using bear rub data and spatial capture-recapture models to estimate trend in a brown bear population.
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SUBMITTER: Kendall KC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6856102 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
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Using bear rub data and spatial capture-recapture models to estimate trend in a brown bear population.
Kendall Katherine C KC Graves Tabitha A TA Royle J Andrew JA Macleod Amy C AC McKelvey Kevin S KS Boulanger John J Waller John S JS
Scientific reports 20191114 1
Trends in population abundance can be challenging to quantify during range expansion and contraction, when there is spatial variation in trend, or the conservation area is large. We used genetic detection data from natural bear rubbing sites and spatial capture-recapture (SCR) modeling to estimate local density and population growth rates in a grizzly bear population in northwestern Montana, USA. We visited bear rubs to collect hair in 2004, 2009-2012 (3,579-4,802 rubs) and detected 249-355 indi ...[more]
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