20.500.12556/RUL-96698 Behavioral correlates of supplementary feeding of wildlife can general conclusions be drawn? Supplementary feeding is a common, but controversial, tool in wildlife management, because it can benefit both humansand wildlife (e.g., increased wildlife densities), but has certain downsides (e.g., increased disease transmission). For speciesthat are often involved in human-wildlife conflicts, two opposing paradigms with respect to supplementary feeding exist, i.e.,(i) that supplementary feeding is efficient to lure animals away from undesired places (i.e., diversionary feeding; hypothesis1), and (ii) that supplementary feeding stimulates ‘nuisance’ behavior (i.e., increased tolerance for humans and selection forhuman facilities; hypothesis 2). We formulated an alternative hypothesis (hypothesis 3); i.e., that behavioral variation amongindividuals dilutes population-wide, general patterns with respect to supplementary feeding. Based on GPS relocation dataand resource selection functions, we show that neither of the two opposing management paradigms (hypothesis 1 and 2)hold in a particularly ‘conflict rich’ species, the brown bear (Ursus arctos), because individual variation in selection behaviorwith respect to supplementary feeding diluted population-wide patterns (hypothesis 3), even under very different environmentalcontexts (Sweden vs. Slovenia; i.e., different human and bear population density, history and intensity of supplementary feeding,topography, etc.). Our results emphasize that individual variation is an important component of behavioral ecology and shouldbe considered in wildlife management and conservation. rjavi medved konflikti habituacija odvračalno krmljenje true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Delo ni kategorizirano 2017-10-11 22:51:22 2017-10-11 22:53:33 2022-08-12 11:37:30 0000-00-00 00:00:00 0 0 0 Str. 94 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630*15:630*14 3962790 3962022 Behavioral_correlates.pdf Behavioral_correlates.pdf 1 D7A7662A2578E2F5002167B1CA1E0C43 a073317077fd56dfaed9df3350fe087e2c83948f64b3225d00e6b8be8b24caa2 f53a83a6-a1b3-11eb-a523-00155dcfd717 20.500.12556/rul/4b026b1f-6b5d-426a-9f80-da356aab8b10 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=105428 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0