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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln USDA National Wildlife Research Center - Staff U.S. Department of Agriculture: Animal and Publications Plant Health Inspection Service 2001 "References" for Carnivore Conservation John L. Gittleman University of Virginia - Main Campus Stephan M. Funk Zoological Society of London David Macdonald University of Oxford Robert K. Wayne University of California - Los Angeles Eric M. Gese USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research Center, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc Part of the Environmental Sciences Commons Gittleman, John L.; Funk, Stephan M.; Macdonald, David; Wayne, Robert K.; and Gese, Eric M., ""References" for Carnivore Conservation" (2001). 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    Final Report to Study Cooperators Population Ecology of Black Bears in the Okefenokee-Osceola Ecosystem Prepared by: Steven Dobey1, Darrin V. Masters2, Brian K. Scheick2, Joseph D. Clark3, Michael R. Pelton1, and Mel Sunquist2 September 30, 2002 1 Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Tennessee 2 Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida 3 USGS, Southern Appalachian Field Laboratory, University of Tennessee ii Population Ecology of Black Bears in the Okefenokee-Osceola Ecosystem Abstract: We studied black bears (Ursus americanus) on 2 study areas in the Okefenokee-Osceola ecosystem in north Florida and southeast Georgia from 1995–1999 to determine population characteristics (size, density, relative abundance, distribution, sex and age structure, mortality rates, natality, and recruitment) and habitat needs. We captured 205 different black bears (124M: 81F) 345 times from June 1995 to September 1998. Overall, adult bears on Osceola were 19% heavier than those on Okefenokee (t = 2.96, df = 148, P = 0.0036). We obtained 13,573 radiolocations from 87 (16M:71F) individual bears during the period of study. Seventeen mortalities of radiocollared bears were documented on Okefenokee, with hunting mortality accounting for 70.6% of these deaths. We documented only 2 (8%) mortalities of radiocollared females from Osceola; both were illegally killed. Annual survival rates for radiocollared females were lower on Okefenokee ( x = 0.87, 95% CI = 0.80–0.93) than on Osceola ( x = 0.97, 95% CI = 2 0.92–1.00; 0.05 = 3.98, 1 df, P = 0.0460). Overall, 67 bears (51M:16F) were taken by hunters on the Okefenokee study area from 1995–1999.
  • Abundance and Density of Florida Black Bears in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and Osceola National Forest

    Abundance and Density of Florida Black Bears in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and Osceola National Forest

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Masters Theses Graduate School 5-2002 Abundance and Density of Florida Black Bears in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and Osceola National Forest Steven T. Dobey University of Tennessee, Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes Part of the Animal Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Dobey, Steven T., "Abundance and Density of Florida Black Bears in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and Osceola National Forest. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2002. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/4533 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Steven T. Dobey entitled "Abundance and Density of Florida Black Bears in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and Osceola National Forest." I have examined the final electronic copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Master of Science, with a major in Wildlife and Fisheries Science. Michael R. Pelton, Major Professor We have read this thesis and recommend its acceptance: Gary McCracken, Lisa Muller, Joseph Clark Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Steven T.