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Overview

Mark A. Haroldson is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with a substantial emphasis on ecology.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad field, they have contributed to several subfields:

  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Cell Biology

Haroldson's work covers multiple topics, with the most frequent being:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Their recent published papers demonstrate a focus on bear ecology, physiology, and conservation, including:

  • "Thermal constraints on energy balance, behaviour and spatial distribution of grizzly bears" (2021, Functional Ecology)
  • "Quantifying energetic costs and defining energy landscapes experienced by grizzly bears" (2021, Journal of Experimental Biology)
  • "Genetic architecture and evolution of color variation in American black bears" (2022, Current Biology)
  • "Evidence for density-dependent effects on body composition of a large omnivore in a changing Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem" (2023, Global Change Biology)
  • "Potential for recreational restrictions to reduce grizzly bear-caused human injuries" (2020, Ursus)

Frequent coauthors on these and related projects include:

  • Frank T. van Manen
  • Kerry A. Gunther
  • Cecily M. Costello
  • Daniel D. Bjornlie
  • Daniel J. Thompson

Haroldson has also published works across several scholarly venues, with multiple publications in the following journals:

  • Journal of Wildlife Management
  • Ursus
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Functional Ecology
  • Journal of Experimental Biology

In addition to journal articles, Haroldson has contributed to book literature, including a title published by Cambridge University Press:

  • Bears of the World (2020)

Best Publications

  • Population fragmentation and inter-ecosystem movements of grizzly bears in western Canada and the northern United States

    Michael F. Proctor;David Paetkau;Bruce N. Mclellan;Gordon B. Stenhouse

  • Temporal, Spatial, and Environmental Influences on the Demographics of Grizzly Bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

    Charles C. Schwartz;Mark A. Haroldson;Gary C. White;Richard B. Harris

  • Use of sulfur and nitrogen stable isotopes to determine the importance of whitebark pine nuts to Yellowstone grizzly bears

    Laura A Felicetti;Charles C Schwartz;Robert O Rye;Mark A Haroldson

  • Grizzly bear–human conflicts in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, 1992–2000

    Kerry A. Gunther;Mark A. Haroldson;Kevin Frey;Steven L. Cain

  • Hazards Affecting Grizzly Bear Survival in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

    Charles C. Schwartz;Mark A. Haroldson;Gary C. White

  • Dietary Adjustability of Grizzly Bears and American Black Bears in Yellowstone National Park

    Jennifer K. Fortin;Charles C. Schwartz;Kerry A. Gunther;Justin E. Teisberg

  • MODELING SURVIVAL: APPLICATION OF THE ANDERSEN—GILL MODEL TO YELLOWSTONE GRIZZLY BEARS

    Christopher J. Johnson;Mark S. Boyce;Charles C. Schwartz;Mark A. Haroldson

  • Grizzly bear denning chronology and movements in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

    Mark A. Haroldson;Mark A. Ternent;Kerry A. Gunther;Charles C. Schwartz

  • Diet and Macronutrient Optimization in Wild Ursids: A Comparison of Grizzly Bears with Sympatric and Allopatric Black Bears.

    Cecily M. Costello;Steven L. Cain;Shannon R Pils;Leslie Frattaroli

  • Dietary breadth of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

    Kerry A. Gunther;Rebecca R. Shoemaker;Kevin L. Frey;Mark A. Haroldson

  • Potential paths for male-mediated gene flow to and from an isolated grizzly bear population

    Christopher P. Peck;Frank T. van Manen;Cecily M. Costello;Mark A. Haroldson

  • Grizzly bear population vital rates and trend in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, Montana

    Richard D. Mace;Daniel W. Carney;Tonya Chilton‐Radandt;Stacy A. Courville

  • Distribution of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in 2004

    Charles C. Schwartz;Mark A. Haroldson;Kerry A. Gunther;Dave Moody

  • Use of naturally occurring mercury to determine the importance of cutthroat trout to Yellowstone grizzly bears

    Laura A Felicetti;Charles C Schwartz;Robert O Rye;Kerry A Gunther

  • Whitebark pine, population density, and home-range size of grizzly bears in the greater yellowstone ecosystem.

    Daniel D. Bjornlie;Frank T. Van Manen;Michael R. Ebinger;Mark A. Haroldson

  • Cougar Survival and Source-Sink Structure on Greater Yellowstone's Northern Range

    Toni K. Ruth;Mark A. Haroldson;Kerry M. Murphy;Polly C. Buotte

  • Density dependence, whitebark pine, and vital rates of grizzly bears

    Frank T. van Manen;Mark A. Haroldson;Daniel D. Bjornlie;Michael R. Ebinger

  • Body and diet composition of sympatric black and grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

    Charles C. Schwartz;Jennifer K. Fortin;Justin E. Teisberg;Mark A. Haroldson

  • Multiple estimates of effective population size for monitoring a long-lived vertebrate: an application to Yellowstone grizzly bears.

    Pauline L. Kamath;Mark A. Haroldson;Gordon Luikart;David Paetkau

  • Large-carnivore response to recreational big-game hunting along the Yellowstone National Park and Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness boundary

    Toni K. Ruth;Douglas W. Smith;Mark A. Haroldson;Polly C. Buotte

  • Yellowstone Grizzly Bear investigations: Annual report of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team 2018

    Frank T. van Manen;Mark A. Haroldson;Bryn Karabensh

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles C. Schwartz
Charles C. Schwartz United States Geological Survey
Frank T. van Manen
Frank T. van Manen United States Geological Survey
Gary C. White
Gary C. White Colorado State University
Charles T. Robbins
Charles T. Robbins Washington State University
Gordon B. Stenhouse
Gordon B. Stenhouse Western University of Health Sciences
Mark S. Boyce
Mark S. Boyce University of Alberta
David Paetkau
David Paetkau Wildlife Genetics International
Paul C. Cross
Paul C. Cross United States Geological Survey
Douglas W. Smith
Douglas W. Smith National Park Service
Howard Quigley
Howard Quigley Panthera Corporation

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