Political legacies shape bear use of anthropogenic spaces
Catalina Munteanu, Mihai Daniel Niță, Ana Stritih, Simone Roverelli, Benjamin Michael Kraemer, Ovidiu M. Ionescu, Ilse Storch
The paper analyzes brown bear use of human-dominated spaces in Romania, finding that bear presence is linked to food conditioning, habituation, and historical management policies.
bioRxiv · Nov 20, 2025 · PreprintEcology