'Bearly' Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities

In natural environments, bear behavior follows seasonal patterns but the zoo environment differs from the natural environment in several ways, including the presence of zoo visitors. Although typically difficult to disentangle, we were able to tease apart the effects of seasonal changes and visitor...

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Autores principales:	Laura M. Bernstein-Kurtycz, Diana C. Koester, Rebecca J. Snyder, Jennifer Vonk, Mark A. Willis, Kristen E. Lukas
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Publicado:	Animal Behavior and Cognition 2021
Materias:	visitor effect daily attendance crowd size bear behavior covid-19 season Zoology QL1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c0a541e9f1644dd7867df40efe47302d2021-11-03T19:31:06Z'Bearly' Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities10.26451/abc.08.04.07.20212372-50522372-4323https://doaj.org/article/c0a541e9f1644dd7867df40efe47302d2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/35/AB_C_Vol8(4)_Bernstein-Kurtycz_et_al.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2372-5052https://doaj.org/toc/2372-4323In natural environments, bear behavior follows seasonal patterns but the zoo environment differs from the natural environment in several ways, including the presence of zoo visitors. Although typically difficult to disentangle, we were able to tease apart the effects of seasonal changes and visitor density on the visibility and behavior of 10 bears representing five species housed at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo due to the disruption caused by COVID-19. We conducted a longitudinal bear behavior monitoring project from June, 2017-November, 2020. Bears were more visible in the spring and in the presence of visitors, locomoted more and were less inactive when large crowds were present, foraged and locomoted more when it was earlier in the day, and locomoted more at higher temperatures. There were limited differences in bear visibility to observers between 2020 (when the zoo was temporarily closed to visitors) and the previous three years. There were no differences in rates of stereotypy or social behavior across seasons, crowds, or daily attendance categories. Based on these limited differences, neither season nor visitor density seemed to have an apparent effect on bear behavior or welfare.Laura M. Bernstein-KurtyczDiana C. KoesterRebecca J. SnyderJennifer VonkMark A. WillisKristen E. LukasAnimal Behavior and Cognitionarticlevisitor effectdaily attendancecrowd sizebear behaviorcovid-19seasonZoologyQL1-991ENAnimal Behavior and Cognition, Vol 8, Iss 4, Pp 538-557 (2021)
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spellingShingle	visitor effect daily attendance crowd size bear behavior covid-19 season Zoology QL1-991 Laura M. Bernstein-Kurtycz Diana C. Koester Rebecca J. Snyder Jennifer Vonk Mark A. Willis Kristen E. Lukas 'Bearly' Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities
description	In natural environments, bear behavior follows seasonal patterns but the zoo environment differs from the natural environment in several ways, including the presence of zoo visitors. Although typically difficult to disentangle, we were able to tease apart the effects of seasonal changes and visitor density on the visibility and behavior of 10 bears representing five species housed at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo due to the disruption caused by COVID-19. We conducted a longitudinal bear behavior monitoring project from June, 2017-November, 2020. Bears were more visible in the spring and in the presence of visitors, locomoted more and were less inactive when large crowds were present, foraged and locomoted more when it was earlier in the day, and locomoted more at higher temperatures. There were limited differences in bear visibility to observers between 2020 (when the zoo was temporarily closed to visitors) and the previous three years. There were no differences in rates of stereotypy or social behavior across seasons, crowds, or daily attendance categories. Based on these limited differences, neither season nor visitor density seemed to have an apparent effect on bear behavior or welfare.
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author	Laura M. Bernstein-Kurtycz Diana C. Koester Rebecca J. Snyder Jennifer Vonk Mark A. Willis Kristen E. Lukas
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title	'Bearly' Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities
title_short	'Bearly' Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities
title_full	'Bearly' Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities
title_fullStr	'Bearly' Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities
title_full_unstemmed	'Bearly' Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities
title_sort	'bearly' changing with the seasons: bears of five species show few behavioral changes across seasons and at varying visitor densities
publisher	Animal Behavior and Cognition
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/c0a541e9f1644dd7867df40efe47302d
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'Bearly' Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities

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