Coping with human disturbance: spatial and temporal tactics of the brown bear (Ursus arctos)

@article{Martin2010CopingWH,
  title={Coping with human disturbance: spatial and temporal tactics of the brown bear (Ursus arctos)},
  author={Jodie Martin and Mathieu Basille and Bram Van Moorter and Jonas Kindberg and Dominique Allain{\'e} and Jon E. Swenson},
  journal={Canadian Journal of Zoology},
  year={2010},
  volume={88},
  pages={875-883}
}
In human-dominated landscapes, species with large spatial requirements, such as large carnivores, have to deal with human infrastructure and activities within their home ranges. This is the case for the brown bear (Ursus arctos L., 1758) in Scandinavia, which is colonizing more human-dominated landscapes, leading inevitably to an overlap between their home ranges and anthropogenic structures. In this study, we investigated fine-scale habitat selection by brown bears to examine how they deal… 
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