Factors influencing human-grizzly bear interactions in a backcountry setting
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Abstract
Interactins between humans and 7 species of wildlife, including grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis), were investigated in backcountry areas of the Gallatin Range, Yellowstone National Park, during the summers of 1973 and 1974. Grizzly bear distribution, movements, and behavior and human behavior were examined. Because grizzlies utilized areas with elevations much in excess of the study area's average trail elevation, he likelihood of the off-trail party observing a grizzly bear was 3-4 times greater than that of a trail-traveling party. During the hiking season, grizzliess exhibited an elevational migration. The frequencies of on-trail and combined on- and off-trail observations and sign discoveries per party tended to peak during those periods that grizzlies were found at low elevations. Activitiy patterns of grizzlies at the point of first observation or after the bears had become aware of the human presence did not indicate behavioral traits likely to accentuate the possibilities of human-bear confrontations. Some backcountry travelers engaged in activites that could increase detrimental encounters with grizzly bears.
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| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Factors influencing human-grizzly bear interactions in a backcountry setting |
| DOI | 10.2307/3872890 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Year Published | 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Association for Bear Research and Management |
| Publisher location | Morges, Switzerland |
| Contributing office(s) | Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center |
| Description | 7 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | Bears: Their biology and management |
| First page | 351 |
| Last page | 357 |
| Conference Title | Fourth International Conference on Bear Research and Management |
| Conference Location | Kalispell, MT |
| Conference Date | February 1977 |
| Country | United States |
| Other Geospatial | Yellowstone National Park |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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