Investigation on Perception and Behavior of the American Black Bear (Ursus Americanus)
Bacon ES. 1973. Investigation on Perception and Behavior of the American Black Bear (Ursus Americanus). University of Tennessee
Two orphaned black bears were hand-raised, and their development monitored. The aim of the study was to observe and record ingestive behavior and visual discrimination. Foraging, predation, and consumption were the three categories of ingestive behavior studied. Visual discrimination was acquired rapidly, and form discrimination, even when the sizes were varied, was good, and retained after as long as eight months.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Bacon, Ellis
- Date of Issue
- 1973
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Behavior, Black Bear (Ursus americanus), Dissertation, Great Smoky Mountains National Park NC TN, GRSM-01793, Mammals (Mammalia)