Abstracts, Power Point presentations and videoclips from
THE 14TH
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
ON BEAR RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT
July
28 – August 3 2002
Steinkjer, Norway
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| Abstracts, Power Point presentations and videoclips from THE 14TH
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS July
28 – August 3 2002 |
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MONDAY July 29
SESSION 1:
FIELD TECHNIQUES IN BEAR RESEARCH | ||||
| Caulkett N.A. | Comparative physiological effects of immobilizing agents in North American ursids. |  |
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| Chauhan, N.P.S | Activity patterns of sloth bear in fragmented and disturbed areas of Bilaspur Forest Division, Chattishgarh, India. | | ||
| Vaughan, M.R. | Effect of radio-collars on black bear survival analyse. | |
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| Bridges, A.S. | Field identification of yearling Black Bears with a morphometric based dichotomous key. | |
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| Olfenbuttel, C. | Use of ultrasonography as a non-invasive tool to detect and monitor black bear fetal development. | |
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| Yoganand. K. & Rice, C.G. | Sloth bear sign survey: Can it be used to monitor population trends? | |
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SESSION 2: REINTRODUCTION
AND AUGMENTATION | ||||
| Mustoni, A. | Testing the predictions of the feasibility study for the reintroduction of the Brown bear in the Italian Alps: preliminary data of costs of the program, space use and damage patterns of the 7 released bears. | | | |
| Sharpe, S.S. & Mason, G.J. | Behavioural persistence in captive bears: Implications for reintroduction | |
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| Vaisfeld, M.A. | Living with Bears in Russia | | | |
| Johnsingh, A.J.S. | Four bear species and one billion people; Management challenges in India | | | |
SESSION
6: BEAR MANAGEMENT ISSUES | ||||
| Cuesta, F. et al. | Analysis of the northern distribution of the Andean bear Tremarctos ornatus: an ecoregional approach. | |
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| Swenson, J. E. | The future of the Brown bear in Scandinavia based on today’s management in Sweden and Norway | |
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| Bjärvall, A. | Recent and planned strategies for brown bear management in Sweden | |
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| Watkins,V. | The trade in bear gall bladder and bile products in Asia and the public awareness campaign aimed at changing consumer attitudes. | | ||
| Emre Can, Oe. | Status of Brown Bears in Turkey and the Priorities for Research and Conservation | |
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| Rodriguez, D. | Social reality in Colombia and the Andean bear survival; A program for its conservation. | |
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| Eggen, T. et al. | Living with bears in Central Norway; Viewpoint from the local management level | |
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SESSION 7: LANDSCAPE AND HABITAT APPROACH IN BEAR RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Augeri, D. | Effects on Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) Ecology, Landscape Use, and Conservation | |
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| Akhtar, N. | Habitat utilization by problematic Stoth bear in disturbed and unprotected habitat of North Bilaspur forest division, Madhya Pradesh, India. | |
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| Baskin, L. M. | Forest fragmentation as the main factor of brown bear range diminishing in Eastern Europe | |
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| Onorato, D.P | Ecological characteristics of an oscillating population of black bears: home range, habitat use, den modeling and management implications for a desert montane island. | | ||
| Peralvo, M. | Priority areas definition for Andean bear habitat conservation in the Ecological Reserve Cayambe-Coca and its influence zone, Ecuador | | ||
| Cuesta, F. | Habitat use and availability of the andean bear in the Oyacachi river basin, Ecuador | |
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| Schwab, B.L. | Connections That Matter: A Graph Theoretic Analysis of Grizzly Bear Movement in the Yellowhead Ecosystem, Alberta, Canada | |
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| Huber, D. | The effectiveness of green bridge dedin in Gorski Kotar (Croatia) for Brown bears. | |
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SESSION 8:
BEARS AND HUMANS TODAY AND THROUGH HISTORY | ||||
| Andersone, Z. | Perception of brown bears by the general public and hunters in Latvia | | | |
| Mather, D. | Archaeological Evidence of Bear Graves and Bear Ceremonies in Minnesota | | | |
| Gilbert, B. | Emerging from the Dark Side: A re-interpretation of grizzly-human relationships based on current and historical evidence. | | | |
| Aasetre, J. | Managers and farmers: Do they understand each other? | | | |
| Soibelzon, L. | A general review of the South American Pleistocene short –faced bears (Ursidae: Tremarctinae) | | | |
| Røv, N. & Abe, Y. | The Evenki and the bears of Transbaikal, now and through history | | ||
| Iregren, E. | Bear cult in the Scandinavian peninsula | | | |
SESSION 9:
BEAR HUMAN CONFLICTS | ||||
| Morrison, H. | Grizzly bears and visitors in the Moraine Lake area of Banff National Park – How effective is restricted access at allowing controlled visitation while maintaining Grizzly bears in the area? | | | |
| Goldstein, I. | Spectacled bear-cattle conflicts: a regional perspective | | | |
| Shideler, R. | Evaluation of hazing to reduce conflicts between Grizzly bears and oil production activities in the Prudhoe Bay oilfields, Alaska | | | |
| Palomero, G. | Brown bear interactions with large mammals; Implications for its conservation in the Cantabrian mountains. | | | |
| Yamazaki, K. | Conflicts between Japanese Black bears and human being in the Okutama maountains, Central Japan | | ||
| Jonozovic, M. | Density of European brown bears and the extent of reported bear damages in Slovenia: do they have anything in common? | | | |
| Christiansen,F. | Preventive Measures toward Predator Damages on Sheep; Herding and the Use of Livestock Guarding Dogs in Lierne Community | | | |