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Applications of learning theory to human-bear conflict: the efficacy of aversive conditioning and conditioned taste aversion
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I tested the efficacy of aversive conditioning (AC) and conditioned taste aversion (CTA) on American black bears (Ursus americanus) in Whistler, British Columbia. Black bears subjected to 3-5 day AC programs responded by increasing their wariness toward humans, while control bears habituated. ...
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Aversive conditioning of grizzly bears produces high probabilities of retreat from human-bear conflict locations
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Parks and protected areas provide important refugia for source populations of threatened grizzly bears in Alberta, where high human-use and recreation can cause human-bear conflict. Many jurisdictions in Alberta and beyond use hazing and aversive conditioning (hereafter AC) programs to deter...
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Aversive conditioning on horse back: A management alternative for grassland systems threatened by sedentary elk populations
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Loss of migratory behaviour in ungulates has been observed worldwide and invites new tools for managing the habitat degradation that results from these sedentary populations. We assessed use of aversive conditioning on horseback as a means of reducing grazing pressure and restoring migratory...
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Spring 2015
Personality has been documented in diverse taxa and growing attention is being directed towards the ecological implications of consistent variation in individual behaviour. These implications include the rise in habituation behaviour by wildlife living in human-disturbed areas, which has resulted...
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2005
Hurd, T.E., Kloppers, E.L., St. Clair, C.C.
Wildlife habituation near urban centers can disrupt natural ecological processes, destroy habitat, and threaten public safety. Consequently, management of habituated animals is typically invasive and often includes translocation of these animals to remote areas and sometimes even their...
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Working Like Dogs: A systematic evaluation of spinal pathologies as indicators of dog transport in the archaeological record
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The use of dogs for pulling or carrying loads is well documented in the recent and historic past in many parts of the world. While the use of dogs for similar activities in prehistory seems likely, there is little artifactual evidence in the archaeological record to support such speculation. Some...