Table 3 Review of black bear survival from studies in the northern hardwood ecotone, listed in order of sample size.

From: A Bayesian state-space model using age-at-harvest data for estimating the population of black bears (Ursus americanus) in Wisconsin

Source

State/Province

Annual

Harvest Season

Non-Harvest Season

Survival

n

Range

Survival

n

Range

Survival

n

Range

Male

38

North Carolina

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.69

16

0.27–0.89

1.00

16

1.00–1.00

52

Pennsylvania

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.78

4324

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

51

North Carolina and Virginia

0.59

n/a+

n/a

0.71

n/a+

n/a

0.84

n/a+

n/a

50

Virginia

0.59

22

0.38–0.76

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

31

Ontario

0.83

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

39

Virginia

0.49

65

0.15–0.88

0.53

65

0.16–0.88

1.00

31

1.00–1.00

53

Minnesota

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.80

n/a

0.75–0.83

n/a

n/a

n/a

54

North Carolina*

0.69

72

0.60–0.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Female

38

North Carolina

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.71

35

0.53–0.82

1.00

35

1.00–1.00

55

North Carolina

0.70

101

0.59–0.83

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

52

Pennsylvania

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.84

2685

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

51

North Carolina and Virginia

0.87

n/a+

n/a

0.90

n/a+

n/a

0.96

n/a+

n/a

50

Virginia

0.93

24

0.77–0.99

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

31

Ontario

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.84

n/a

0.82–0.85

39

Virginia

0.90

76

0.52–0.99

0.91

76

0.51–0.99

1.00

56

1.00–1.00

53

Minnesota

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.87

n/a

0.86–0.90

n/a

n/a

n/a

54

North Carolina*

0.69

72

0.60–0.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

  1. Survival values are split by sex with values for annual survival, harvest season survival, and for non-harvest season survival, when available. We list the sample size (n), the mean survival estimate, and the range of survival values provided. Cases where data were not available are marked as not available (n/a).
  2. *Reported for males and females combined. +51 bears in total.