Autumn Food Habits and Home-Range Elevations of Japanese Black Bears in Relation to Hard Mast Production in the Beech Family in Toyama Prefecture

Mammal Study ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isao Arimoto ◽  
Yusuke Goto ◽  
Chika Nagai ◽  
Kengo Furubayashi
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Black Bears ◽  
Mast Production

Effect of mast production on home range use of Japanese black bears

2011 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 867-875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinatsu Kozakai ◽  
Koji Yamazaki ◽  
Yui Nemoto ◽  
Ami Nakajima ◽  
Shinsuke Koike ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Black Bears ◽  
Range Use ◽  
Home Range Use ◽  
Mast Production

Dynamics of Home Range and Movements of Adult Black Bears in Northeastern Pennsylvania

1980 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary L. Alt ◽  
George J. Matula ◽  
Floyd W. Alt ◽  
James S. Lindzey
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Black Bears ◽  
Northeastern Pennsylvania

scholarly journals Does hard mast production affect patterns of cementum annuli formation in premolar teeth of Asian black bears (Ursus thibetanus)?

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. e0211561
Author(s):  
Kahoko Tochigi ◽  
Yukino Aoki ◽  
Tetsuya Maruyama ◽  
Koji Yamazaki ◽  
Chinatsu Kozakai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Bears ◽  
Ursus Thibetanus ◽  
Mast Production

Detection of arboreal feeding signs by Asiatic black bears: effects of hard mast production at individual tree and regional scales

2018 ◽  
Vol 305 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Tochigi ◽  
T. Masaki ◽  
A. Nakajima ◽  
K. Yamazaki ◽  
A. Inagaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Bears ◽  
Individual Tree ◽  
Mast Production

Food Habits of Black Bears in Big Bend National Park

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan F. McClinton ◽  
Philip L. McClinton ◽  
Jim V. Richerson
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
National Park ◽  
Black Bears ◽  
Big Bend National Park ◽  
Big Bend

Food habits and nutrition of black bears during a gypsy moth infestation

1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (9) ◽  
pp. 1771-1775 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Kasbohm ◽  
James G. Kraus ◽  
Michael R. Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
Gypsy Moth ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
National Park ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Ursus Americanus ◽  
Substantial Reduction ◽  
Black Bear ◽  
Black Bears ◽  
Phytolacca Americana ◽  
Shenandoah National Park

During 1988–1991 we determined food habits and indices of diet quality for a black bear (Ursus americanus) population in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, experiencing a severe gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) defoliation event, and compared the results with data collected prior to defoliation (1982–1984). Gypsy moth infestation resulted in extensive summer overstory canopy loss and a complete acorn failure in affected areas. As in predefoliation years, analysis of scats collected during defoliation indicated that bears ate primarily herbaceous vegetation in spring, followed by squawroot (Canopholis americana) and fruits of black and sweet cherry (Prunus serotina and P. avium) in summer. However, in early and late fall bears switched from consuming predominantly acorns before defoliation to pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) berries and grapes (Vitis spp.), respectively, during defoliation. Despite acorn loss, no decline in dietary nutritional quality was observed in comparisons of the percentages of crude protein, crude fat, and crude fiber in seasonal diets before and during defoliation. When it is available, bears can successfully exploit soft mast as a fall food source and do not necessarily experience a substantial reduction in food quality if acorn crops fail.

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