Brown Bear Monitoring in the Arctic Network of National Parklands
Delisle Z. Brown Bear Monitoring in the Arctic Network of National Parklands. 2009. National Park Service
The purpose of this project is to develop and implement a population monitoring protocol that has statistical validity, is cost-effective, and can be implemented across the network. Managing brown bear populations presents biological, cultural, and legal challenges for park managers. Baseline ecological data are lacking for brown bear populations in ARCN despite increasing harvest and viewing demands from the public. Brown bear abundance may be a parameter that can be estimated across the network if a logistically simpler, statistically rigorous, and cost effective estimator of brown bear abundance can be developed and implemented often (i.e., every 3-5 years in each sampling area). This technique will rely more on direct, aerial observation of bears during one sampling period which could make it more cost-effective than the current line-transect technique used in Alaska which is more expensive and requires multiple years of effort to obtain one estimate.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Delisle, Zackary
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ARCN , BELA , CAKR , GAAR , KOVA , NOAT
- Keywords
- Alaska, Arctic, Brown Bear, Monitoring, Population, Survey, Ursus arctos
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Mammals
Program
Products
- Brown Bear Resource Brief for the Arctic Network
- Brown Bear Density and Estimated Harvest Rates in Northwestern Alaska
- 2017 Noatak Brown Bear Survey Data Deliverables
- 2018 Gates of the Arctic Brown Bear Survey Data Deliverables
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 1: Preparations for the Field Season, Version 1.0: Protocol for Monitoring Brown Bears, Arctic (ARCN) Inventory and Monitoring Network
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 2: Field iPad Set Up, Version 1.0: Protocol for Monitoring Brown Bears, Arctic (ARCN) Inventory and Monitoring Network
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 3: Training, Version 1.0: Protocol for Monitoring Brown Bears, Arctic (ARCN) Inventory and Monitoring Network
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 4: GPS Set Up, Version 1.0: Protocol for Monitoring Brown Bears, Arctic (ARCN) Inventory and Monitoring Network
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 5: Field Equipment Lists, Version 1.0: Protocol for Monitoring Brown Bears, Arctic (ARCN) Inventory and Monitoring Network
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 6: Flying Surveys and Collecting Data, Version 1.0: Protocol for Monitoring Brown Bears, Arctic (ARCN) Inventory and Monitoring Network
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 7: Data Downloading and Backup, Version 1.0: Protocol for Monitoring Brown Bears, Arctic (ARCN) Inventory and Monitoring Network
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 8: Data QA/QC, Formatting, Archiving, Version 1.0: Protocol for Monitoring Brown Bears, Arctic (ARCN) Inventory and Monitoring Network
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 9: Data Analysis, Version 1.0: Protocol for Monitoring Brown Bears, Arctic (ARCN) Inventory and Monitoring Network
- Protocol for monitoring brown bears: Arctic Network (ARCN), version 1.0
- Using non-invasivemark-resight and sign occupancy surveys to monitor low-density brown bear populations across large landscapes
- Application of a double-count line transect method to estimate density of brown bears in arctic Alaska
- Brown Bears Resource Brief
- Estimating Brown Bear Abundance and Occupancy in the NPS Arctic Estimating Brown Bear Abundance and Occupancy in the NPS Arctic Estimating Brown Bear Abundance and Occupancy in the NPS Arctic Network
- Arctic Network Brown Bear Monitoring Protocol Development Summary
- Monitoring Populations of Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) within the Arctic Network Park Units: An Evaluation of Occupancy Models
- Non-invasive mark–resight surveys for brown bears: Incorporating spatial information to improve landscape-scale monitoring of density and distribution
- NPS Arctic Network Brown Bear Monitoring GitHub Software Repository
- Monitoring Brown Bears in Alaska Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network, Data Quality Standards