Review of field methods for monitoring Asian bears

MF Proctor, DL Garshelis, P Thatte, R Steinmetz… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Efficient and effective monitoring methods are required to assess population status and
gauge efficacy of conservation actions for threatened species. Here we review the spectrum …

[HTML][HTML] The need to step-up monitoring of Asian bears

DL Garshelis, K Pigeon, M Hwang, M Proctor… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many wildlife species are threatened in Asia, including the five species of terrestrial bears
(Asiatic black, Ursus thibetanus; brown, U. arctos; sloth, Melursus ursinus; sun, Helarctos …

Projected shifts in the distribution range of Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) in the Hindu Kush Himalaya due to climate change

B Zahoor, X Liu, L Kumar, Y Dai, BR Tripathy… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change is one of the main threats to many vulnerable species, including the Asiatic
black bear (Ursus thibetnus), due to disruption in biological and ethological responses …

Using terrestrial haematophagous leeches to enhance tropical biodiversity monitoring programmes in Bangladesh

SR Weiskopf, KP McCarthy, M Tessler… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Measuring mammal biodiversity in tropical rainforests is challenging, and methods that
reduce effort while maximizing success are crucial for long‐term monitoring programmes …

Projecting range-wide sun bear population trends using tree cover and camera-trap bycatch data

L Scotson, G Fredriksson, D Ngoprasert, WM Wong… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Monitoring population trends of threatened species requires standardized techniques that
can be applied over broad areas and repeated through time. Sun bears Helarctos …

[HTML][HTML] Application of multi-species occupancy modeling to assess mammal diversity in northeast Bangladesh

HA Rahman, KP McCarthy, JL McCarthy… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries on earth with 1033 persons/km
2, yet it also harbors a high level of mammal diversity. Unfortunately, general ecological …

Vulnerable sloth bears are attracted to human food waste: a novel situation in Mount Abu town, India

U Prajapati, VK Koli, KSG Sundar - Oryx, 2021 - cambridge.org
Human–carnivore interactions are on the rise globally, and often take the form of damage to
property and livelihoods, human injuries or fatalities, and retaliatory killing of carnivores …

Habitat occupancy of sloth bear Melursus ursinus in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

RP Paudel, R Kadariya, BR Lamichhane… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mammals have experienced a massive decline in their populations and geographic ranges
worldwide. The sloth bear, Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791), is one of many species facing …

Assessing the conservation status of and challenges facing Asiatic black bears and Malayan sun bears in Bangladesh

M Akash, H Debbarma, S Ahmed, AG Chowdhury… - Oryx, 2024 - cambridge.org
South of 25° N, the rugged, riparian, mixed evergreen forests of eastern Bangladesh mark
the western edge of the ranges of the globally Vulnerable Asiatic black bear Ursus …

Appraising carnivore (Mammalia: Carnivora) studies in Bangladesh from 1971 to 2019 bibliographic retrieves: trends, biases, and opportunities

M Akash, T Zakir - Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020 - threatenedtaxa.org
In contrast to< 7% natural forest covers and> 1,000 people living km-2, Bangladesh, one of
the smallest countries in Asia, shelters 28 carnivorous mammals. The species are of six …