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URSUS
卷 21, 期 2, 页码 169-188出版社
INT ASSOC BEAR RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT-IBA
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176-21.2.169
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Alberta; British Columbia; density estimation; DNA; fragmentation; grizzly bear; population distribution; trend monitoring; Ursus arctos
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Killam Foundation
- Alberta Ingenuity
- Wilburforce Foundation
- BC Ministry of Environment
- BC Ministry of Forests
- Parks Canada
- BC Parks
- Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
- Habitat Conservation Trust Fund
- Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program
- Tembec Industries Inc.
- Forest Renewal BC
- BC Grizzly Bear Conservation Strategy
- Foothills Model Forest
Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) occur across British Columbia and in Alberta in mostly forested, mountainous, and boreal ecosystems. These dense forests make sighting bears from aircraft uncommon and aerial census impractical. Since 1995, we have used genetic sampling using DNA from bear hair collected with barbed wire hair traps to explore a suite of ecological questions of grizzly bears in western Canada. During 1995-2005, we conducted large-scale sampling (1,650 to 9,866 km(2) grids) in 26 areas (covering a combined 110,405 km(2)), where genetic identification of 1,412 grizzly bears was recorded. Abundance estimation was the primary goal of most surveys. We also used DNA from bear hair to examine population trend, distribution, and presence in areas where grizzly bears were rare, as well as population fragmentation in a region with a high human population. Combining spatial variation in detecting bears with that of human, landscape, and ecological features has allowed us to quantify factors that influence grizzly bear distribution, population fragmentation, and competition with black bears (U. americanus), and to map variation in bear densities. We summarize these studies and discuss lessons learned that are relevant to improving sampling efficiency, study designs, and resulting inference.
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