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Patterns of movement of released female brown bears in the Cantabrian Mountains, northwestern Spain
Teresa Sánchez CorominasJosé Vicente López-baoJosé Vicente López-baoMaría Del Mar DelgadoVincenzo PenterianiPablo Vázquez GarcíaVíctor M. VázquezEfren Vigón AlvarezJuan Monrossubject
0106 biological sciencesbiologyMovementfungiZoologyCaptivityBear releaseManagement Monitoring Policy and LawDaily Activitiesbiology.organism_classification010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesRhythms of activityUrsus arctos010601 ecologyBrown bearAnimal Science and ZoologyHabituationUrsusNature and Landscape Conservationdescription
Between 2008 and 2013, 3 female brown bears (Ursus arctos; 2 cubs-of-the-year and 1 2-yr-old) were rescued, rehabilitated in captivity, radiotagged, and released back to the Cantabrian Mountains, northwestern Spain. We characterized their daily and seasonal movements post-release to gain insights into their movement strategies and the viability of bears released in human-dominated environments. The bears exhibited marked diurnal activity and were active throughout winter. Two bears demonstrated behaviors similar to those reported for wild bears, whereas one cub-of-the-year was recaptured after 21 days because she developed signs of habituation to humans.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-01 | Ursus |