Bernstein-Kurtycz, L. M., Koester, D. C., Snyder, R. J. et al. 2021. “Bearly” changing with the seasons: Bears of five species show few behavioral changes across seasons and at varying visitor densities. Animal Behavior and Cognition 8(4), 538–557.
In natural environments, bear behavior follows seasonal patterns but the zoo environment differs from the natural environment in several ways, including the presence of zoo visitors. Although typically difficult to disentangle, we were able to...