20.500.12556/RUL-114185 Brown bear attacks on humans a worldwide perspective The increasing trend of large carnivore attacks on humans not only raises human safety concerns but may also undermine large carnivore conservation efforts. Although rare, attacks by brown bears Ursus arctos are also on the rise and, although several studies have addressed this issue at local scales, information is lacking on a worldwide scale. Here, we investigated brown bear attacks (n=664) on humans between 2000 and 2015 across most of the range inhabited by the species: North America (n=183), Europe (n=291), and East (n=190). When the attacks occurred, half of the people were engaged in leisure activities and the main scenario was an encounter with a female with cubs. Attacks have increased significantly over time and were more frequent at high bear and low human population densities. There was no significant difference in the number of attacks between continents or between countries with different hunting practices. Understanding global patterns of bear attacks can help reduce dangerous encounters and, consequently, is crucial for informing wildlife managers and the public about appropriate measures to reduce this kind of conflicts in bear country. brown bear Ursus arctos conflicts humans behavioural ecology conservation biology rjavi medved Ursus arctos konflikti ljudje true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2020-02-19 12:50:42 2020-02-19 12:50:42 2025-04-24 11:56:45 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2019 0 0 10 str. art. 8573 Vol. 9 2019 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630*15 2045-2322 10.1038/s41598-019-44341-w 5436326 18727432 s41598-019-44341-w_(1).pdf s41598-019-44341-w_(1).pdf 1 844CFF8B3688756CA8A2D7C7C258B591 ac47466be997561c6063b1deabb1c5111eef97a0022817b389bcb791c6d467ca 1331c981-1b7a-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=209055 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44341-w 1 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=126339 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0