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This book discusses home ranges, of animals in general, and of black bears in particular. The book emphasises how critical aspects of the animals' home ranges, such as food, affect how the animals space themselves. It also explores whether food or females affect more the home ranges of males.
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An introduction to black bears and to our research. Major research questions. Black bears. Study area and research models. Data collection. Home ranges and home range estimators. Definition of home range. Basic patterns for data on home ranges of black bears. Estimating animals' home ranges. Kernel home range estimators. Home range cores. Home range areas for Pisgah bears. A final thought. Predicting habitat quality for black bears and use of home ranges. Important components of habitat for black bears. Data to test the HSI model. Testing the HSI model. Second generation model. Additional insights. Food abundance and variation in home range size. Hypotheses. Variation in home range area. Territories and home ranges. Models of territoriality. Quantifiying territoriality. Time spent by females in areas of overlap. Time spent by males in areas of overlap. Home range overlap between the sexes. Home ranges of adult males and reproduction. Reproductive hypotheses. Energetics hypothesis. Model of optimal reproductive choices for males. Model resuts and real bears. Energetic hypothesis revisited. Home ranges, bears and research questions for the future. Conservation.
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