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Alderson, D. 2003. Understanding the Ocala Bear. Florida Wildlife 57(5):2-5.

Alderson, D. 2003. Becoming "Bear Aware" in Umatilla. Florida Wildlife 57(5):6-8.

Annis, K. M. 2007. The Impact of Translocation on Nuisance Florida Black Bears. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Bentzien, M. M. 1990. Notice of finding on a petition to list the Florida black bear. Federal Register 55:42223.

Bentzien, M. M. 1991. Finding on a petition list the Florida black bear as a as a threatened species. Federal Register 56(4):596-600.

Bentzien, M. M. 1998. New 12-month Finding for a Petition to List the Florida Black Bear. Federal Register 63(235):67613-67618.

Brady, J. R. 1986. Florida status report. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 8:7-11.

Brady, J. R., and D.S. Maehr. 1982. A new method for dealing with apiary-raiding black bears.

Proceedings of Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 36:571-577.

Brady, J. R. and D.S. Maehr. 1985. Distribution of black bears in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 13(1):1-7.

Brady, J. R. and J. C. McDaniel. 1978. Status report for Florida. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 4:5-9.

Brown, J. H. 2004. Conservation and monitoring of an isolated population of Florida black bear. Thesis, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

Conti, J. A., D. J. Forrester, and J. R. Brady. 1983. Helminthes of black bears in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 50(2):252-256. [check copyright]

Coyner, D. 2002 There's a bear at my door! Florida Wildlife 56(1):14-15.

Cunningham, M. W., L. A. Phillips, and C. Wellbourn. 2001. Trombiculiasis in the Florida black bear. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37:634-639.

Dixon, J. D. 2004. Conservation genetics of Florida black bears. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Dobey, S. T. 2002. Abundance and density of Florida black bears in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and Osceola National Forest. Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Dunbar, M. R., M. W. Cunningham, and J. C. Roof. 1998. Seroprevalence of selected disease agents from free-ranging black bears in Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(3):612-619.

Dunbar, M. R., M. W. Cunningham, J. B. Wooding, and R. Roth. 1996. Cryptorchidism and apparently normal delayed testicular descent in Florida black bears. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32(4):661-664.

Dunbar, M. R., J. B. Wooding, and L. A. Thomas. 1995. Salmonella hartford infection in a Florida black bear, (Ursus americanus floridanus). Florida Scientist 58(3):252-254. [check copyright]

Eason, T. H. 1995. Weights and morphometrics of black bears in the Southeastern United States. Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Eason, T. H. 1999. Florida status report. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 15:6-8.

Eason, T. H. 2001. Florida status report. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 16:10-11.

Eason, T. H. 2004. The Florida Black Bear. Florida Wildlife Magazine Newsletter 1(1):3-7. [Wildlife Foundation of Florida's online version]

Edwards, A. S. 2002. Ecology of the black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) in southwestern Alabama. Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. 74 pp.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2001. Use of electric fencing to exclude bears and prevent property damage. Technical Information Bulletin, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida. 5 pp.

Forrester, D. J. 1992. Black bears. Pages 163-173 in D. J. Forrester (ed.), Parasites and Diseases of Wild Mammals in Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Forrester, D. J., J. A. Conti, and R. C. Belden. 1985. Demodicosis in black bears (Ursus americanus) from Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 29:136-138. [check copyright]

Foster, G. W., T. A. Cames, and D. J. Forrester. 1998. Geographical distribution of Demodex ursi in black bears from Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34:161-164.

Freedman, A. H. 2000. Black bear population ecology on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida and life-stage simulation models for black bear conservation on the Southeastern Coastal Plain. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida.

Freedman, A. H., K. M. Portier, M. E. Sunquist. 2003. Life History analysis for black bears (Ursus americanus) in a changing demographic landscape. Ecological modeling 167:47-64.

Frye, O. E., B. Piper, and L. Piper. 1950. The black bear ... saint or sinner? Florida Wildlife 4:6-7, 28.

Garrison, E. 2004. Black Bear Reproduction and Cub Survival in North Central Florida. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Gilbert, T., R. Kautz, T. Eason, R. Kawula, and C. Morea. 2001. Prioritization of statewide black bear roadkill problem areas in Florida. Pages 574-579 in G. L. Evink, L. Coryell, L. Terwilliger, C. McCraken, K. Yondora, A. Peppers, and D. Zeigler (eds.), A Time For Action, Proceedings of the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation. North Carolina State University, Keystone, Colorado, USA.

Gilbert, T. and J. Wooding. 1996. An overview of black bear roadkills in Florida 1976-1995. 15 pages in G. L. Evink, P. Garrett, D. Zeigler, and J. Berry (eds.), Trends in Addressing Transportation Related Wildlife Mortality. Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida.

Harlow, R. F. 1961. Characteristics and status of Florida black bear. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 26:481-495.

Harlow, R. F. 1962. Facts about Florida black bear. Florida Wildlife 15:12-17.

Harlow, R.F. 1962. Osteometric data for the Florida black bear. Journal of the Florida Academy of Science 25:257-274.

Hellgren, E. C., and D. S. Maehr. 1992. Habitat fragmentation and black bears in the eastern United States. Proceedings of the Eastern Black Bear Workshop 11:154-165.

Hersey, K. R. 2004. Habitat assessment for potential reintroduction of black bears to the Mobile-Tensaw Delta of southwestern Alabama. Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

Hoctor, T. S. 2003. Regional landscape analysis and reserve design to conserve Florida's biodiversity. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. NOTE: This file is 24 MB, and bears are only one chapter.

Huffstodt, J. T. 2003. The brazen bruin of Wellington. Florida Wildlife 57:12-13.

Kasbohm, J. W. 2004. Reexamination of Regulatory Mechanisms in Relation to the 1998 Florida Black Bear Petition Finding. Federal Register, 69(9):2100-2108.

Larkin, J. L., D. S. Maehr, T. S. Hoctor, M. A. Orlando, and K. Whitney. 2004. Landscape linkages and conservation planning for the black bear in west-central Florida. Animal Conservation 7:1-12.

Maehr, D. S. 1982. Beekeeping enters the solar age. American Bee Journal 122(4):280-281.

Maehr, D. S. 1984. The black bear as a seed disperser in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 12:40-42.

Maehr, D. S. 1984. Black bear depredation on bee yards in Florida. Pages 133-135 in D. J. Decker, ed., Proceedings of the First Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference, Ithaca, New York.

Maehr, D. S. 1984. Distribution of black bears in Eastern North America. Proceedings of Eastern Workshop on Black Bear Research and Management 7:74.

Maehr, D. S. 1984. Florida status report. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 7:2-3.

Maehr, D. S. 1993. Southwest Florida black bear research. Florida Wildlife 47(5):16-20.

Maehr, D.S. 1996. Comparative ecology of bobcat, black bear, and Florida panther in south Florida. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 374 pp.

Maehr, D.S. 1997. The comparative ecology of bobcat, black bear, and Florida panther in south Florida. Bulletin of Florida Museum Natural History 40(1):1-176.

Maehr, D. S., and J. R. Brady. 1982. Fall food habits of black bears in Baker and Columbia counties, Florida. Proceedings of Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 36:565-570.

Maehr, D. S., and J. R. Brady. 1982. Florida black bear-beekeeper conflict: 1981 beekeeper survey. American Bee Journal 122(5):372-375.

Maehr, D. S., and J. R. Brady. 1984. Comparison of food habits in two North Florida black bear populations Florida Scientist 47(3):171-175.

Maehr, D. S., and J. R. Brady. 1984. Food habits of Florida black bears. Journal of Wildlife Management 48(1):230-235.

Maehr, D. S., and J. R. Brady, and J. Polk. 1982. The bears and bees: seeking a solution. Florida Wildlife 35(6):40-42.

Maehr, D. S., and J. T. DeFazio, Jr. 1985. Foods of black bears in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 13:8-12.

Maehr, D. S., T. S. Hoctor, L. J. Quinn, and J. S. Smith. 2001. Black bear habitat management guidelines for Florida. Technical Report No. 17. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

Maehr, D. S., and J. N. Layne, E. D. Land, J. W. McCown, and J. C. Roof. 1988. Long distance movements of a Florida black bear. Florida Field Naturalist 16:1-6.

Maehr, D. S., J. S. Smith, M. W. Cunningham, M. E. Barnwell, J. L. Larkin, and M. A. Orlando. 2003. Spatial characteristics of an isolated Florida black bear population. Southeastern Naturalist 2(3):433-446.

Maehr, D. S., and J. B. Wooding. 1992. Florida black bear. Ursus americanus floridanus. Pages 265-275 in S. R. Humphrey, (ed.), Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida, Vol. 1, Mammals. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 392pp.

Masters, D. V. 2002. Fine-scale habitat use, activity, and movements of female black bears in North-central Florida. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

McCown, J. W., and T. H. Eason. 2001. Black bear movements and habitat use relative to roads in Ocala national forest: preliminary findings. Pages 397-404 in G. L. Evink, L. Coryell, L. Terwilliger, C. McCraken, K. Yondora, A. Peppers, and D. Zeigler (eds.), A Time For Action, Proceedings of the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation. North Carolina State University, Keystone, Colorado, USA.

McDaniel, J. 1974. Florida. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 2:12.

McDaniel, J. 1974. Habitat of the black bear in Florida. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 2:157-162.

Millsap, B., Gore, J., Runde, D., and Cerulean, S. 1990. Setting Priorities for the Conservation of Fish and Wildlife Species in Florida in Florida Wildlife Monograph #111, Tallahassee, Florida.

Morrow, A. 1999. A festival for the bears. Florida Wildlife 53:7.

Morrow, A. 2000. A festival for the bears. Florida Wildlife 54(5):8-9.

Moyer, M. A. 2004. Spatial ecology of female Florida black bears. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Mykytka, J. M., and M. R. Pelton. 1989. Evaluation of four standard home range methods based on movements of Florida black bear. Proceedings of International Symposium on Biotelemetry 10:159-166.

Mykytka, J. M., and M. R. Pelton. 1989. Management strategies for Florida black bears based on home range habitat composition. International Conference on Bear Research and Management 8:161-167.

Neal, L., T. Gilbert, T. Eason, L. Grant, and T. Roberts. 2003. Resolving Landscape-Level Highway Impacts On the Florida Black Bear and Other Listed Wildlife Species. Pp. 226-233 in 2003 Proceedings of the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation. C. L. Irwin, P. Garret, and K. P. McDermott (eds.). Raleigh, NC: Center for Transportation and the Environment, North Carolina State University, 2003.

Nims, T., and L.A. Durden. 2005. Ticks of the Black Bear, with Recent Data for the Florida Subspecies and Implications for Vector-Borne Zoonotic Diseases. 18th Eastern Black Bear Workshop 261-262.

Orlando, M. A. 2003. The ecology and behavior of an isolated black bear population in west central Florida. Thesis, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

Pirtle, E. C., M. E. Rolke, and J. R. Brady. 1986. Antibodies against pseudo rabies virus in the serum of a Florida black bear cub. Journal American Veterinary Medicine Association 189:1164.

Roof, J. C. 1996. Florida Status Report. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 13:9-10.

Roof, J. C. 1997. Florida Status Report. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 14:2-3.

Roof, J. C. 1997. Black bear food habits in the lower Wekiva River basin of Central Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 25(3):92-97.

Roof, J., and J. Wooding. 1996. Evaluation of S.R. 46 wildlife crossing. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Service Research Unit, U.S. Biological Service Technical Report #54. 36pp.

Roof, J., and J. Wooding. 1996. Evaluation of S.R. 46 wildlife crossing in Lake County, Florida. 7 pages in G.L. Evink, P. Garrett, D. Zeigler, and J. Berry (eds.), Trends in Addressing Transportation Related Wildlife Mortality. Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida.

Rose, T. 2001. Black bear sighting. Florida Wildlife 55(1):26-27.

Schaefer, J. and M. Sargent. Undated. The Florida black bear: a threatened species. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Report SS-WIS-25.

Scheick, B. K. 1999 Black bear diet, movements, and habitat selection in north Florida and south Georgia. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Schemnitz, S. D. 1974. Populations of bear, panther, alligator, and deer in the Florida Everglades. Florida Scientist 37:156-167.

Seibert, S. G. 1995. Winter movements and denning of black bears in northwest Florida. Proceedings of Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 49:283-291.

Seibert, S. G. 1997. The Apalachicola black bear. Florida Wildlife 51(4):16-17.

Seibert, S. G., J. Roof, and D. S. Maehr. 1997. Family dissolution in the Florida black bear. Florida Field Naturalist 25(3):103-104.

Seibert, S. G., and J. B. Wooding. 1994. Evaluation of breakaway radio-collars on black bears in Florida. Proceedings of Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 48:247-251.

Sekerak, C. M., T. H. Eason, and C. R. Small. 2002. Using Partnerships to Address Human Black Bear Conflicts in Central Florida. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 56:136-147.

Simek, S. L., and T. H. Eason. 2003. Using genetics to study road impacts on bears in Florida. in 2003 Proceedings of the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, C. L. Irwin, P. Garret, and K.P. McDermott (eds.). Raleigh, NC: Center for Transportation and the Environment, North Carolina State University, 2003.

Simek, S.L., S.A. Jonker, B.K. Scheick, M.J. Endries, and T.H. Eason. 2005. Statewide Assessment of Road Impacts on Bears in Six Study Areas in Florida from May 2001 – September 2003. Final Report Contract BC-972. Florida Department of Transportation and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida.

Simek, S.L., P.S. Kubilis, S.A. Jonker, and T.H. Eason. 2005. Non-Invasive Assessment of Black Bear Movements and Abundance Relative to U.S. 98 within the Aucilla Wildlife Management Area. Final Report Contract BD568. Florida Department of Transportation and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

Smith, G. 1971. Florida black bear. Florida Wildlife 25:4-6.

Smith, J. S. 2001. Home range and habitat use characteristics of a west central Florida black bear population. Thesis, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

Stafford, S. K., and L. E. Williams Jr. 1968. Data on capturing black bears with alpha-chloralose. Proceedings of Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 22:161-165.

Stratman, M. R. 1998. Habitat use and effects of prescribed fire on black bears in northwestern Florida. Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Stratman, M. R., and M. R. Pelton. 1999. Feeding ecology of black bears in northwest Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 27:95-102.

Stratman, M. R., C. D. Alden, M. R. Pelton, and M. E. Sunquist. 2001. Habitat use by American black bears in the sandhills of Florida. Ursus 12:109-114.

Stratman, M. R., C. D. Alden, M. R. Pelton, and M. E. Sunquist. 2001. Long distance movement of a Florida black bear in the southeastern coastal plain. Ursus 12:55-58.

Williams, L. E., Jr. 1979. Florida black bear. Pages 23-25 in Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida, Vol. 1, Mammals, J. N. Layne, ed., University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Wisenhunt, M. 1958. The bears and the bees. Florida Wildlife 39:13-17.

Wooding, J. B. 1988. Florida status report. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 9:8-10.

Wooding, J. B. 1989. Delicate Balance - Black Bear. Florida Wildlife 43:14.

Wooding, J. B. 1990. Florida status report. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 10:20.

Wooding, J. B. 1992. Florida status report. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 11:12-13.

Wooding, J. B. 1994. Florida status report. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 12:5.

Wooding, J. B., and J. R. Brady. 1987. Black bear roadkills in Florida. Proceedings of Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 41:438-442.

Wooding, J. B., and B. J. Bukata. 1996. Litter size and age of first breeding of Florida black bears. Proceedings of Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 50:609-613.

Wooding, J. B., J. A. Cox, and M. R. Pelton. 1994. Distribution of black bears in the southeastern coastal plain. Proceedings of Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 48:270-275.

Wooding, J. B., and T. Hardisky. 1987. Sign of the bear. Florida Wildlife 41(4):5-6 (July-Aug.).

Wooding, J. B., and T. S. Hardisky. 1992. Denning by black bears in northcentral Florida. Journal of Mammalogy 73(4):895-898.

Wooding, J. B., and T. S. Hardisky. 1994. Home range, habitat use, and mortality of black bears in north-central Florida. International Conference on Bear Research and Management 9(1):349-356.

Wooding, J. B., N. L. Hunter, and T. S. Hardisky. 1988. Trap and release apiary-raiding black bears. Proceedings of Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 42:333-336.

Wooding, J. B., and R. C. Maddrey. 1994. Impact of roads on black bears. Eastern Black Bear Workshop 12:124-129.

Wooding, J. B., S. M. Shea, M. L. Richardson, and D. Y. Dowling. 1992. Movements of a female black bear in northwestern Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 20(2):46-48.


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