Mating-related behaviour of grizzly bears inhabiting marginal habitat at the periphery of their North American range

• Published in: Behavioural processes Vol. 111; pp. 75 - 83
• Main Authors: Edwards, Mark A., Derocher, Andrew E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2015
• Subjects: Animals; Arctic; Arctic region; Arctic Regions; Brown bear; Canada; Ecosystem; environmental factors; Female; females; foraging; habitats; Homing Behavior; landscapes; Male; Mating behaviour; mating systems; monogamy; North America; Peripheral population; predation; prediction; Roam-to-mate; Seasons; Sex Characteristics; Sexual Behavior, Animal - physiology; Telemetry; United States; Ursidae - physiology; Ursus arctos; Canada; Arctic Regions; United States; North America; Arctic region; Brown bear; Mating behaviour; Ursus arctos; Arctic; Peripheral population; Roam-to-mate

•We test the roam-to-mate hypothesis for a peripheral population of grizzly bears.•Our results contradict the roam-to-mate hypothesis for this peripheral population.•Finding quality food may take precedence over mate-searching in marginal landscapes.•Once found, mate sequestering may be advantageous...