Table 3 Review of black bear survival from studies in the northern hardwood ecotone, listed in order of sample size.
Source | State/Province | Annual | Harvest Season | Non-Harvest Season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Survival | n | Range | Survival | n | Range | Survival | n | Range | ||
Male | ||||||||||
North Carolina | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.69 | 16 | 0.27–0.89 | 1.00 | 16 | 1.00–1.00 | |
Pennsylvania | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.78 | 4324 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
North Carolina and Virginia | 0.59 | n/a+ | n/a | 0.71 | n/a+ | n/a | 0.84 | n/a+ | n/a | |
Virginia | 0.59 | 22 | 0.38–0.76 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Ontario | 0.83 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Virginia | 0.49 | 65 | 0.15–0.88 | 0.53 | 65 | 0.16–0.88 | 1.00 | 31 | 1.00–1.00 | |
Minnesota | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.80 | n/a | 0.75–0.83 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
North Carolina* | 0.69 | 72 | 0.60–0.75 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Female | ||||||||||
North Carolina | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.71 | 35 | 0.53–0.82 | 1.00 | 35 | 1.00–1.00 | |
North Carolina | 0.70 | 101 | 0.59–0.83 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Pennsylvania | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.84 | 2685 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
North Carolina and Virginia | 0.87 | n/a+ | n/a | 0.90 | n/a+ | n/a | 0.96 | n/a+ | n/a | |
Virginia | 0.93 | 24 | 0.77–0.99 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Ontario | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.84 | n/a | 0.82–0.85 | |
Virginia | 0.90 | 76 | 0.52–0.99 | 0.91 | 76 | 0.51–0.99 | 1.00 | 56 | 1.00–1.00 | |
Minnesota | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.87 | n/a | 0.86–0.90 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
North Carolina* | 0.69 | 72 | 0.60–0.75 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |