Pennsylvania Project
Spatial analysis of large mammals to assess harvest vulnerability in relation to anthropogenic factors
August 2012 - December 2014
Personnel
Participating Agencies
- Pennsylvania Game Commission
Successful management of large mammals is dependent upon availability of population to harvest in defined management units or season structures. Availability of the population to harvest is also dependent upon landowner distribution and hunter characteristics within management units that species occupy. The inherent changes in movements and populations size of black bear and elk coupled with landscape change and anthropogenic influences on populations requires a detailed assessment of range use and resource selection of both species in Pennsylvania. Many years of radiocollaring and monitoring has provided the necessary detailed locations needed to understand the change in distribution and use of public/private lands throughout the range of both species.
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Crawford, CS and WD Walter. Spatial analysis of black bear (Ursus americanus) to assess harvest vulnerability in relation to anthropogenic activity in Pennsylvania. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI | October 2013 |
| Crawford, C.S., M.A. Ternent, M.J. Lovallo, and W.D.Walter. Resource selection and harvest vulnerability of black bear near suburban areas of Pennsylvania. The 21st Annual Wildlife Society Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. | October 2014 |