1. DAILY AND MONTHLY ACTIVITY OF BROWN BEARS (URSUS ARCTOS) NEAR A PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL PROJECT IN COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA.
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Richardson, Matthew L.
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BROWN bear behavior , *PROJECT management , *COASTS , *ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature , *SEASONAL physiological variations , *MAMMALS - Abstract
The Kitimat Liquefied Natural Gas (KLNG) Plant is proposed for construction adjacent to Bish Creek (Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada). Bish Creek is a corridor for brown bears (Ursus arctox), and 8 camera traps were deployed along the creek for 1442 trapping days in 2014 to determine baseline activity of brown bears. Brown bear activity varied across weeks, peaking particularly in July and September. Within a 24-h day, bears were commonly photographed during hours 5, 6, and 21 and uncommonly photographed during the 3 hours preceding noon and a 4-h period in the afternoon. However, the time of day that bears were photographed varied across seasons; bears were more commonly photographed during the day in July and at night in September. Understanding this change in activity across seasons will inform management of bear resources and human activities on-site to avoid human-bear interactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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