Conservation ecology of an isolated population of Black Bears in the Big Bend Ecosystem
Onarato D and Hellgren E. Conservation ecology of an isolated population of Black Bears in the Big Bend Ecosystem
Black bears (Ursus americanus) have recolonized Big Bend National Park from Mexico. This study will give data on demography, ecology, and genetics to provide a background for management of the bear population viability and bear-human relationships. Genetic data from resident bears and bears in nearby Mexican populations can provide information regarding the genetic connectivity via interpopulation movement of the metapopulation of black bears in the Big Bend Ecotsystem.
- Type
- Administrative
- Authors
- Onarato, D; Hellgren, Eric
- Units
- BIBE
- Keywords
- Black Bear, genetics, metapopulation, Proposal, range expansion