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Internship: Researcher Sanzhar Sakenovich Kantarbayev from the Republic of Kazakhstan visits the SBBRP and NINA.
In October 2024, Sanzhar Sakenovich Kantarbayev, a junior researcher at the Center for Biocenology and Hunting, completed an internship...
Jan 6


New Paper: Human Footprint and Forest Disturbance Reduce Space Use of Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) Across Europe
Check out this new paper that leveraged a unique dataset of 758 annual GPS movement trajectories from 375 brown bears ( Ursus arctos )...
Jan 6


Congratulations Dr. Mikkelsen!
Ashlee successfully defended her dissertation entitled "The effects of diet and metabolism on the life history of an omnivorous...
Jan 6


New paper: Ontogeny shapes individual dietaryspecialization in female European brown bears (Ursus arctos)
Check out this new paper about maternal learning and dietary specialization in brown bears!
Jan 6


SBBRP attends the 28th International Bear Conference in Edmonton, Canada
The International Association for Bear Research and Management organizes biannual conferences where the newest results from bear...
Oct 23, 2024


Check out the new paper: "Are nonsocial species more social than we think? Seasonal patterns in sociality in a solitary terrestrial carnivore"!
In this study we explore the social behavior of 🐻 in Scandinavia ! Answering what drives their sociality and if nonsocial/solitary...
Aug 30, 2024


Check out the new “ClusterApp”: A Shiny R application to guide cluster studies based on GPS data
Next time you want to do a cluster analysis on GPS collar data, check out the ‘ClusterApp’ for an easy and straightforward application to...
Jul 24, 2024


Congratulations Dr. Fuchs!
Boris successfully defended his dissertation entitled Lead (Pb) exposure and source tracing in Scandinavian brown bears (Ursus arctos) at...
Jul 19, 2024

Bear-moose calf predation event detected using GPS collar 'proximity sensors'
We are deploying GPS collars on brown bears and moose and following them during spring in Sweden as part of a multispecies interaction...
Jul 19, 2024
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