Unsecured attractants, collisions, and high mortality strain coexistence between grizzly bears and people in the Elk Valley , southeast British Columbia

• Published in: Conservation science and practice Vol. 5; no. 10
• Main Authors: Lamb, Clayton T., Smit, Laura, Mowat, Garth, McLellan, Bruce, Proctor, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2023; Wiley
• Subjects: Animal populations; Animals; Attractants; Bears; carnivore; Coexistence; Collars; Collision mortality; Collisions; Conflict behavior; Demography; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; genetic capture recapture; Grizzly bears; Human-environment relationship; Mortality; Population growth; Population statistics; Predation; Recovery; reproduction; roadkill; Roads; Source-sink relationships; Survival; Ursus; Ursus arctos; Wildlife; Wildlife conservation; British Columbia Canada; Canada; United States > US; North America

Abstract Historical persecution of grizzly bears in North America reduced the species range by 55%. Today, dedicated recovery efforts and shifting societal perceptions have supported the recovery and expansion of grizzly bear populations in many areas. With increasing overlap between people and bear...