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Ursus americanus

Common names: black bear, American black bear, black bears, bear, American black bears, American Black Bear, Black bear, bears

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Carnivora > Ursidae

Roles: predator, study subject, incidental observation, managed species, habitat component, wildlife

ITIS TSN: 180544

Synonyms: bears, black bear, black bears, bear, American black bear

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 44 | Mentions: 113

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 76 entities)

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Publications (46)

article

Does rainfall or temperature influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

2025Behavioral EcologyRole: predator

article

Nonlinear phenomena in marmot alarm calls: a mechanism encoding fear?

2025Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society BRole: predator

article

Social security: individuals in socially reciprocal groups may perceive security from predators

2025Behavioral EcologyRole: predator

article

Society formation and maintenance in yellow-bellied marmots

2025Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

student_paper

Does current weather or seasonality influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

2024Role: predator

student_paper

Indirect effect of black bears on sunflowers in nitrogen-polluted and pristine steppe

2024Role: predator

student_paper

Social Security: Do Individuals in Tight-Knit Social Groups Perceive Greater Security?

2024Role: predator

article

Agonistic and affiliative social relationships are associated with marmot docility but not boldness

Documents (54)

technical report

A Fence Design for Excluding Elk Without Impeding Other Wildlife

technical report

A Fence Design for Excluding Elk Without Impeding Other Wildlife

environmental assessment

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

environmental assessment

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

technical report

Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Initiative Legacy Project 1997-1998 Progress Report Presented To The Wildlife Commission

technical report

Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Initiative Legacy Project 1997-1998 Progress Report Presented To The Wildlife Commission

technical report

Draft Report Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area

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Co-occurring Species

Puma concolor

Felidae77 shared papers

Canis latrans

Canidae60 shared papers

Odocoileus hemionus

Cervidae58 shared papers

Ovis canadensis

Bovidae58 shared papers

Marmota

Sciuridae46 shared papers

Martes americana

Mustelidae45 shared papers

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae43 shared papers

Aquila chrysaetos

Accipitridae42 shared papers

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae41 shared papers

Taxidea taxus

Mustelidae37 shared papers

2023Animal BehaviourRole: predator

student_paper

Breakfast of champions: Spatiotemporal variation in the quality of ant nests for bear consumers

2023Role: predator

article

Differential response of three large mammal species to human recreation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA

2023Frontiers in Conservation ScienceRole: text_match

student_paper

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

2023Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

2023Role: predator

student_paper

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

2023Behavioral EcologyRole: predator

article

Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues

2023Nature AgingRole: text_match

student_paper

Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel ( Spermophilus lateralis ) and Yellow-Bellied Marmot ( Marmota flaviventris ) Intraspecific and Interspecific Perch Use and Interaction Dynamics in Gothic, Colorado

2022Role: text_match

article

Hibernation slows epigenetic ageing in yellow-bellied marmots

2022Nature Ecology & EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Life history consequences of climate change in hibernating mammals: a review

2022EcographyRole: study subject

article

Maternal survival costs in an asocial mammal

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

thesis

Relationships matter: How the social environment affects individual fitness-related behaviors

2021Role: text_match

student_paper

The influence of human recreational trail use has on rodent and predator activity using motion triggered cameras

2021Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of recreational trail use on small mammal species richness and abundance

2020Role: incidental observation

article

Correlates of maternal glucocorticoid levels in a socially flexible rodent

2019Hormones and behaviorRole: predator

student_paper

Predator and prey species have opposing responses to recreational trail use

2019Role: text_match

article

Marmots do not consistently use their left eye to respond to an approaching threat but those that did fled sooner

2018Current ZoologyRole: predator

article

Short-term, low-level nitrogen deposition dampens a trophic cascade between bears and plants

2018Ecology and EvolutionRole: predator

student_paper

Lateralized Function Without Lateralization

2017Role: predator

student_paper

Do Social Interactions Decrease Basal Stress Levels In Breeding Female Yellow-Bellied Marmots?

2016Role: predator

student_paper

Social security: Are socially connected individuals less vigilant?

2016Animal BehaviourRole: predator

student_paper

Social security: Are socially connected individuals less vigilant?

2016Role: text_match

article

Human activity affects the perception of risk by mule deer

2014Current ZoologyRole: predator

article

Age and sex influence marmot antipredator behavior during periods of heightened risk

2011Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologyRole: predator

student_paper

Causes of predation intensity in an ant/aphid mutualist system

2011Role: text_match

article

Quantifying human disturbance on antipredator behavior and flush initiation distance in yellow-bellied marmots

2011Applied Animal Behaviour ScienceRole: predator

student_paper

Effects of Burrow Distance on Anti-predator Vigilance in Foraging Yellow-Bellied Marmots

2010Role: predator

student_paper

Variation in vigilance of yellow-bellied marmots due to predator pressure

2009Role: predator

thesis

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

article

Effect of predation risk on the presence and persistence of yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) colonies

2006Journal of Zoology, LondonRole: predator

article

Locomotor ability and wariness in yellow-bellied marmots

2004EthologyRole: predator

student_paper

Red-naped Sapsucker nest tree selection and effects on the willow breeding bird community

2004Role: predator

article

Predation on yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

2001American Midland NaturalistRole: predator

article

Predation on yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

2001American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Songbird and Medium‐Sized Mammal Communities Associated with Exurban Development in Pitkin County, Colorado

2001Conservation BiologyRole: study subject (detected too in

article

A 32-year demography of yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

1998J Zool LondonRole: predator

article

Protein Use and Muscle‐Fiber Changes in Free‐Ranging, Hibernating Black Bears

1998Physiological ZoologyRole: text_match

article

Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: I. The meaning of situationally variable alarm calls

1997Animal BehaviourRole: predator

student_paper

Female choice in true bugs (Homoptera: Miridae)

1991Role: predator

environmental assessment

Draft Report Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the North American Wolverine as Endangered or Threatened

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of the North American Wolverine in Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico

environmental assessment

Environmental Assessment Taylor Loop Recreation Project

technical report

Fact Sheet Proposal by Little Horn Energy Wyoming Inc. (LHEW) to Construct a 1001 Megawatt Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Facility on the Dry Fork of the Little Bighorn River In the Bighorn Nation Forest in Wyoming

technical report

Fact Sheet Proposal by Little Horn Energy Wyoming Inc. (LHEW) to Construct a 1001 Megawatt Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Facility on the Dry Fork of the Little Bighorn River In the Bighorn Nation Forest in Wyoming

Document

Fossil Ridge: Gunnison's Backyard Wilderness

Document

Fossil Ridge: Gunnison's Backyard Wilderness

Document

Four Wheel Drive

Document

Gunnison Country Hunting Guide

Document

Gunnison Country Hunting Guide

Document

Gunnison County Comprehensive Recreational Planning Committee Meeting Notes

Document

Gunnison County Wilderness Alert

Document

Living With Beavers

Document

Local Citizens' Participation in Coal Development

Document

Lowhead-Micro Hydropower 2008

environmental assessment

Mount Emmons Mining Project Environmental Impact Statement Ch. 3 & 4

management plan

Natural Resource Plan: Planning and Management Region 10 Colorado

county plan

Poncha Springs Comprehensive Plan

county plan

Poncha Springs Comprehensive Plan

county plan

Poncha Springs, Comprehensive Plan_1998

county plan

Poncha Springs, Comprehensive Plan_1998

environmental assessment

Project Summary Taylor Loop Recreation Project

correspondence

Re: Oversight Hearing on White River Nat'l Forest Plan Revisions

correspondence

Re: Oversight Hearing on White River Nat'l Forest Plan Revisions

correspondence

Re: white River Forest Plan Revision – additional materials

correspondence

Re: white River Forest Plan Revision – additional materials

management plan

Recreation Strategy for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests

management plan

Scoping Forest Plan Amendment Addressing Management Indicator Species (MIS) and Forest Plan Monitoring of MIS

management plan

Scoping Forest Plan Amendment Addressing Management Indicator Species (MIS) and Forest Plan Monitoring of MIS

correspondence

Sierra Club Deforestation

correspondence

Sierra Club Deforestation

news article

Sierra the Sierra Club Bulletin

news article

Sierra the Sierra Club Bulletin

land use plan

Summary of Nomination for Upper Loop Property

technical report

The Beaver in Colorado: It's Biology, Ecology, Management and Economics

management plan

The Fossil Ridge Wilderness a proposal

management plan

The Fossil Ridge Wilderness a proposal

management plan

Undeveloped Area Inventory Descriptions

management plan

Undeveloped Area Inventory Descriptions

environmental assessment

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

correspondence

Wildlife Commission Minutes

correspondence

Wildlife Commission Minutes

correspondence

Ursus americanus

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 76 entities)

Publications (46)

Does rainfall or temperature influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

Nonlinear phenomena in marmot alarm calls: a mechanism encoding fear?

Social security: individuals in socially reciprocal groups may perceive security from predators

Society formation and maintenance in yellow-bellied marmots

Does current weather or seasonality influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

Indirect effect of black bears on sunflowers in nitrogen-polluted and pristine steppe

Social Security: Do Individuals in Tight-Knit Social Groups Perceive Greater Security?

Agonistic and affiliative social relationships are associated with marmot docility but not boldness

Documents (54)

A Fence Design for Excluding Elk Without Impeding Other Wildlife

A Fence Design for Excluding Elk Without Impeding Other Wildlife

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Initiative Legacy Project 1997-1998 Progress Report Presented To The Wildlife Commission

Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Initiative Legacy Project 1997-1998 Progress Report Presented To The Wildlife Commission

Colorado's Wildlife Company: Tales of Winter

Colorado's Wildlife Company: Tales of Winter

Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Company- Cresson Project

Draft Report Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area

Co-occurring Species

Puma concolor

Canis latrans

Odocoileus hemionus

Ovis canadensis

Marmota

Martes americana

Marmota flaviventris

Aquila chrysaetos

Vulpes vulpes

Taxidea taxus

Breakfast of champions: Spatiotemporal variation in the quality of ant nests for bear consumers

Differential response of three large mammal species to human recreation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues

Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel (<i> Spermophilus lateralis </i>) and Yellow-Bellied Marmot ( <i> Marmota flaviventris </i>) Intraspecific and Interspecific Perch Use and Interaction Dynamics in Gothic, Colorado

Hibernation slows epigenetic ageing in yellow-bellied marmots

Life history consequences of climate change in hibernating mammals: a review

Maternal survival costs in an asocial mammal

Relationships matter: How the social environment affects individual fitness-related behaviors

The influence of human recreational trail use has on rodent and predator activity using motion triggered cameras

The effects of recreational trail use on small mammal species richness and abundance

Correlates of maternal glucocorticoid levels in a socially flexible rodent

Predator and prey species have opposing responses to recreational trail use

Marmots do not consistently use their left eye to respond to an approaching threat but those that did fled sooner

Short-term, low-level nitrogen deposition dampens a trophic cascade between bears and plants

Lateralized Function Without Lateralization

Do Social Interactions Decrease Basal Stress Levels In Breeding Female Yellow-Bellied Marmots?

Social security: Are socially connected individuals less vigilant?

Social security: Are socially connected individuals less vigilant?

Human activity affects the perception of risk by mule deer

Age and sex influence marmot antipredator behavior during periods of heightened risk

Causes of predation intensity in an ant/aphid mutualist system

Quantifying human disturbance on antipredator behavior and flush initiation distance in yellow-bellied marmots

Effects of Burrow Distance on Anti-predator Vigilance in Foraging Yellow-Bellied Marmots

Variation in vigilance of yellow-bellied marmots due to predator pressure

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

Effect of predation risk on the presence and persistence of yellow-bellied marmot <i>(Marmota flaviventris)</i> colonies

Locomotor ability and wariness in yellow-bellied marmots

Red-naped Sapsucker nest tree selection and effects on the willow breeding bird community

Predation on yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Predation on yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Songbird and Medium‐Sized Mammal Communities Associated with Exurban Development in Pitkin County, Colorado

A 32-year demography of yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Protein Use and Muscle‐Fiber Changes in Free‐Ranging, Hibernating Black Bears

Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: I. The meaning of situationally variable alarm calls

Female choice in true bugs (Homoptera: Miridae)

Draft Report Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the North American Wolverine as Endangered or Threatened

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of the North American Wolverine in Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico

Environmental Assessment Taylor Loop Recreation Project

Fact Sheet Proposal by Little Horn Energy Wyoming Inc. (LHEW) to Construct a 1001 Megawatt Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Facility on the Dry Fork of the Little Bighorn River In the Bighorn Nation Forest in Wyoming

Fact Sheet Proposal by Little Horn Energy Wyoming Inc. (LHEW) to Construct a 1001 Megawatt Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Facility on the Dry Fork of the Little Bighorn River In the Bighorn Nation Forest in Wyoming

Fossil Ridge: Gunnison's Backyard Wilderness

Fossil Ridge: Gunnison's Backyard Wilderness

Four Wheel Drive