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RESEARCH PAPERS

Read the science of black bears

Papers and journal articles about black bears and black bear behavior

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STATUS  OF  MINNESOTA  BLACK  BEARS 2021 Harvests,  Complaints, Foods,  and Population  Trend Estimates

December 30,  2021

Final Report to Bear  Committee Andrew  N.  Tri 

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Bed site selection by female North American black bears

by Susan A. Mansfield, Lynn L Rogers, Sean Robison, and Roger A. Powell

December 15, 2021                

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Behavior  of  supplementally-fed  black bears in Eagles  Nest  Township,  Minnesota

Lynn  L. Rogers and

Susan  A.  Mansfield

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Behavior in Free-Living American Black Bear Dens: Parturition, Maternal Care, and Cub Behavior

Lynn L. Rogers 1, Linda McColley 1, Janet Dalton 1, Jim Stroner 1, Douglas Hajicek 2, AdamPartin 3 and Gordon M.Burghardt 3,4,*

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Does diversionary feeding create nuisance bears and jeopardize public safety?

LYNN  L. ROGERS

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EFFECTS OF FOOD SUPPLY AND KINSHIP ON SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, MOVEMENTS, AND POPULATION GROWTH OF BLACK BEARS IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

by LYNN L.ROGERS

APRIL 1987                 

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Comparison of behaviors of black bears with and without habituation to humans and supplemental research feeding

by Roger A. Powell, Susan A. Mansfield and Lynn L Rogers

October 5, 2022      

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STATUS  OF  MINNESOTA  BLACK  BEARS 2020 Harvests,  Complaints, Foods,  and Population  Trend Estimates

March  11,  2021

Final Report to Bear  Committee Andrew  N.  Tri 

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REACTIONS OF FREE-RANGING BLACK BEARS TO  CAPSAICIN SPRAY REPELLENT

LYNN L. ROGERS

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Effects of Mast and Berry Crop Failures on Survival, Growth, and Reproductive Success of Black Bears

LYNN  L. ROGERS

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