THE FIRST RECORD OF CANNIBALISM IN THE ASIATIC BLACK BEAR (URSUS THIBETANUS) IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

摘要

The Asiatic black bear in the Russian Far East is typically distinguished by high-degree social tolerance. Until now, cases of cannibalism for this species have been unknown there. However, because of intense felling of mixed Korean pine-broadleaved forests with a sharp decrease in the potential biomass of nuts and acorns, predation on conspecifics becomes more common.