Reproductive parameters and cub survival of brown bears in the Rusha area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan

Michito Shimozuru, Masami Yamanaka, Masanao Nakanishi, +9

PLoS ONE

Incidence of Multiple Paternity and Inbreeding in High-Density Brown Bear Populations on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan

Michito Shimozuru, Yuri Shirane, Hifumi Tsuruga, +9

Journal of Heredity

Dining from the coast to the summit: Salmon and pine nuts determine the summer body condition of female brown bears on the Shiretoko Peninsula

Yuri Shirane, Mina Jimbo, Masami Yamanaka, +6

Ecology and Evolution

Maternal human habituation enhances sons’ risk of human-caused mortality in a large carnivore, brown bears

Michito Shimozuru, Yuri Shirane, Masami Yamanaka, +9

Scientific Reports

Development of a noninvasive photograph-based method for the evaluation of body condition in free-ranging brown bears

Yuri Shirane, Fumihiko Mori, Masami Yamanaka, +7

PeerJ

Sex-biased dispersal and inbreeding avoidance in Hokkaido brown bears

Yuri Shirane, Michito Shimozuru, Masami Yamanaka, +11

Journal of Mammalogy

BiologyBreeding BehaviorReproductive SuccessMolecular EcologyMedicine +12

Hair Growth in Brown Bears and Its Application to Ecological Studies on Wild Bears

Mina Jimbo, Naoya Matsumoto, Hideyuki Sakamoto, +8

Mammal Study

BiologyAnimal StudyHair BiomarkersEngineeringHair Growth +10

Diet selection and asocial learning: Natal habitat influence on lifelong foraging strategies in solitary large mammals

Mina Jimbo, Tsuyoshi Ishinazaka, Yuri Shirane, +6

Ecosphere

Sex-biased natal dispersal in Hokkaido brown bears revealed through mitochondrial DNA analysis

Yuri Shirane, Michito Shimozuru, Masami Yamanaka, +17

European Journal of Wildlife Research

BiologyReproductive SuccessMolecular EcologyMedicineGenetics +9

Diel and monthly activity pattern of brown bears and sika deer in the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan

Kei Kawamura, Mina Jimbo, Keisuke ADACHI, +8

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science