Andreas Zedrosser

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (international journals, with peer review)

1.        Zeiler, H., Zedrosser, A., and Bath, A.J. 1999. Attitudes of Austrian hunters and Vienna residents toward bear and lynx in Austria. Ursus 11: 193-200

2.        Zedrosser, A., Dahle, B., Swenson, J.E., and Gerstl, N. 2001. Status and management of the brown bear in Europe. Ursus 12: 9-20

3.        Zedrosser, A., Rauer, G., and Kruckenhauser, L. 2004. Early primiparity in brown bears. Acta theriologica 49: 427-432

4.        Zedrosser, A., and Swenson, J.E. 2005. Do brown bear litter sizes reported by the public reflect litter sizes obtained by scientific methods? Wildlife Society Bulletin 33: 1352-1356

5.        Bellemain, E., Zedrosser, A., and Swenson, J.E. 2006. The dilemma of female mate selection in the brown bear, a species with sexually selected infanticide. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B 273: 283-291

6.        Zedrosser, A., Dahle, B., and Swenson, J.E. 2006. Population density and environmental conditions determine adult female size in brown bears. Journal of Mammalogy 87: 510-518

7.        Dahle, B., Zedrosser, A., and Swenson, J.E.. 2006. Correlates with body size and mass in yearling brown bears (Ursus arctos). Journal of Zoology, London 269:273-283

8.        Støen, O.G., Zedrosser, A., Sæbø, S., and Swenson, J.E. 2006. Inversely density-dependent dispersal in brown bears. Oecologia 148: 356-364

9.        Støen, O.G., Zedrosser, A., Wegge, P., and Swenson, J.E. 2006. Socially induced delayed reproduction in brown bears. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:1-8

10.    Zedrosser, A., Bellemain, E., and Swenson, J.E. 2007.Genetic estimates in annual reproductive success in male brown bears: the effects of body size, age, heterozygosity and population density. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 368-375

11.    Zedrosser, A., Støen, O.G., Sæbø, S., and Swenson, J.E. 2007. Should I stay or should I go? Natal dispersal in the brown bear. Animal Behaviour 74: 369-376. Featured Article

12.    Bischof, R., Swenson, J.E., Fujita, R., Zedrosser, A., and Söderberg, A. 2008. Temporal and spatial patterns and hunter selectivity of brown bear harvest methods in Sweden. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 79-88. Featured Article

13.    Zedrosser, A., Dahle, B., Støen, O.G., and Swenson, J.E. 2009. Primiparity, litter size and litter survival in a species with sexually selected infanticide, the brown bear. Oecologia 160, 847-854

14.    Kübber-Heiss, A., Zedrosser, A., Rauer, G., Zenker, W., and Arnemo, J.M. 2009. Internal hydrocephalus combined with pachygyria in a wild-born brown bear cub. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 55: 539-542

15.    Bischof, R., Zedrosser, A., Brunberg, S., and Swenson, J.E. 2009. A note on opportunism and parsimony in data collection. Journal of Wildlife Management, 73: 1021-1024

16.    Bischof, R., and Zedrosser, A. 2009. The educated prey – consequences for exploitation and control. Behavioral Ecology, 20: 1228-1235

17.    Rosell, F., Zedrosser, A., and Parker, H. 2010. Correlates of body measurements and age in Eurasian beavers from Norway. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 56: 43-48

18.    Karamanlidis, A.A., Drosopoulou, E., de Gabriel Hernando, M., Georgiadis, L., Krambokoukis, L., Plaha, S., Zedrosser, A., and Scouras, Z. 2010. Non-invasive studies of brown bears using power poles. European Journal of Wildlife Research 56, 693-702

19.    Rosell, F., Jojola, S., Ingdal, K., Lassen, B.A., Swenson, J.E., Arnemo, J.M., and Zedrosser, A. 2011. Brown bears possess anal sacs and secretions may code for sex. Journal of Zoology 283, 143-152

20.    Zedrosser, A., Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Gossow, H., and Swenson, J.E. 2011. Large carnivore conservation and the ghost of persecution past. Biological Conservation 144, 2163-2170

21.    Karamanlidis, A.A., Sanopoulos, A., Georgiadis, L., Zedrosser, A. 2011. Structural and economic aspects of human-bear conflicts in Greece. Ursus 22, 141-151

22.    *Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Støen, O.-G., Elfström, M., Karlsson, J., Bokdam, J., Zedrosser, A., Swenson, J.E. 2011 Resource selection by sympatric free-ranging dairy cattle and brown bears Ursus arctos. Wildlife Biology 17, 389-403

23.    *Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Endrestøl, A., Hackländer, K., Swenson, J.E., and Zedrosser, A. 2012. The mating system of the brown bear Ursus arctos. Mammal Review 42, 12-34

24.    Painer, J., Zedrosser, A., Arnemo, J.M., Fahlman, Å., Brunberg, S., Segerström, P., and Swenson, J.E. 2012. Effects of different doses of medetomidine and tiletamine-zolazepam on induction time and duration of immobilization of free-ranging yearling brown bears. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90, 753–757

25.    *Gonzalez, O., Zedrosser, A., Pelletier, F., Swenson, J.E., and Festa-Bianchet, M. 2012. Litter reductions reveal a trade-off between offspring size and number in brown bears. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66, 1025-1032

26.    *Jojola, S.M., Rosell, F., Warrington, I., Burger, B.V., Swenson, J.E., and Zedrosser, A. 2012. Subadult brown bears (Ursus arctos) discriminate between adult male and female anal gland secretion. Mammalian Biology 77, 363-368

27.    *Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Hütter, F., Elfström, M., Zedrosser, A., Hackländer, K., Swenson, J.E., and Isaksson, T. 2012. Fecal spectroscopy: a practical tool to assess diet quality in an omnivorous opportunist. Wildlife Biology 18, 431-438

28.    Zedrosser, A., Pelletier, F., Bischof, R., Festa-Bianchet, M., and Swenson, J.E. 2013. Determinants of lifetime reproduction in female brown bears: early body mass, longevity, and hunting regulations. Ecology 94, 231-240.

29.    *Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Swenson, J.E., Kindberg, J., Brunberg, S., and Zedrosser, A. 2013. Male reproductive strategy explains spatiotemporal segregation in brown bears. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 836-845.

30.    *Friebe, A., Zedrosser, A., and Swenson, J.E. 2013. Detection of pregnancy in a hibernator based on activity data. European Journal of Wildlife Research 59, 731-741.

31.    *Elfström, M., Støen, O.-G., Zedrosser, A., Warrington, I., and Swenson, J.E. 2013. Gut retention time in captive Scandinavian brown bears Ursus arctos. Wildlife Biology 19, 317-324.

32.    López-Alfaro, C., Robbins, C.T., Zedrosser, A, and Nielsen, S.E. 2013. Energetics of hibernation and reproductive trade-offs in brown bears. Ecological Modeling 270, 1-10.

33.    *Tinnesand, H.V., Jojola, S.M., Zedrosser, A., and Rosell, F. The smell of desperadoes? Beavers distinguish between dominant and subordinate intruders. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67, 895-904.

34.    Karamanlidis, A.A., Stojanov, A., de Gabriel Hernando, M., Ivanov, G., Kocijan, I., Melovski, D., Skrbinšek, T., and Zedrosser, A. Distribution and genetic status of brown bears in FYR Macedonia: implications for conservation. Acta theriologica 59: 119-128

35.    *Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Reusch, C., Brunberg, S., Swenson, J.E., Hackländer, K., and Zedrosser, A. 2013. Infanticide as a male reproductive strategy has a nutritive risk effect in brown bears. Biology Letters 9. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0624

36.    *Elfström, M., Zedrosser, A., Støen, O.-G., and Swenson, J.E. 2014. Ultimate and proximate causes behind the occurrence of bears close to settlements and its management consequences: a review. Mammal Review 44, 5-18.

37.    Stenvinkel, P., Fröbert, O., Anderstam, B., Ericson, M., Bragfors-Helin, A., Qureshi, A.R., Larsson, T., Bankir, L., Grubb, A., Friebe, A., Zedrosser, A., Josefsson, J., Svensson, M., Sahdo, B., and Johnson, R.J. 2013. Metabolic changes in summer active and anuric hibernating free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos). PLOS ONE. 10.1371/journal.pone.0072934.

38.    *Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Swenson, J.E., and Zedrosser, A. 2014. Litter loss triggers estrus in a nonsocial seasonal breeder. Ecology and Evolution 4, 300-310.

39.    Karamanlidis, A.A., Pllaha, S., Krambokoukis, L., Shore, K., and Zedrosser, A. 2014. Conservation status of brown bears in southern Albania. Ursus 25: 1-7.

40.    Karamanlidis, A.A., Paunović, M., Ćirović, D., Karapandža, B., Skrbinšek, T., and Zedrosser, A. 2014. Population genetic parameters and status of brown bears in Serbia: implications for research and conservation. Ursus 25: 34-43.

41.    *Elfström, M., Zedrosser, A., Jerina, K., Støen, O-G., Kindberg, J., Budic, L., Jonozovič, M., Swenson, J.E. 2014. Does despotic behavior or food search explain the occurrence of problem brown bears in Europe? Journal of Wildlife Management 78, 881-893.

42.    Sergiel A., Maślak R., Zedrosser A., Paśko Ł., Garshelis D., Reljić S., and Huber, D. 2014. Fellatio in captive brown bears: evidence of long-term effects of suckling deprivation? Zoo Biology 33, 349-352.

43.    *Cross, H., Zedrosser, A., Nevin, O., and Rosell, F. 2014. Sex discrimination via anal gland secretion in a territorial monogamous mammal. Ethology 120, 1044-1052.

44.    Cattet, M., Macbeth, B., Janz, D, Zedrosser, A., Swenson, J.E., Dumond, M. and Stenhouse, G. 2014. Quantifying long-term stress in brown bears with the hair cortisol concentration: a biomarker that may be confounded by rapid changes in response to capture and handling Conservation Physiology 2, 1-15.

45.    Hodder, D.P., Johnson C.J., Rea, R.V., and Zedrosser, A. 2014. Application of a species distribution model to identify and manage American black bear denning habitat in central BC. Wildlife Biology 20, 238-245.

46.    *Friebe, A., Evans, A., Arnemo, J.M., Blanc, S., Brunberg, S., Fleissner, G., Swenson, J.E., and Zedrosser, A. 2014. Factors affecting date of implantation, parturition, and den entry estimated from activity and body temperature, in free-ranging brown bears. PLOS One. Published: July 02, 2014, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.010141.

47.    *Elfström, M., Davey, M.L., Zedrosser, A., Müller, M., De Barba, M., Støen, O.-G., Miquel, C., Taberlet, P., Hackländer, K., Swenson, J.E. 2014. Do Scandinavian brown bears approach settlements to obtain high-quality food? Biological Conservation. 179, 128-135.

48.    Kuduk, K., W. Babik, B, Bellemain, E., Valentini, A., Zedrosser, A., Taberlet, P., Kindberg, J., Swenson, J.E., and Radwan, J. 2014. No evidence for the effect of MHC on male mating success in the brown bear. PLOS One. Published December 2, 2014. Doi: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0113414

49.    #Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Jerina, K., Kindberg, J., Krofel, M., Stergar, M., Swenson, J. E., and Zedrosser, A. 2014. Behavioral correlates of supplementary feeding of wildlife: can general conclusions be drawn? Basic and Applied Ecology. 15: 669-676.

50.    *Gosselin, J., Zedrosser, A., Swenson, J.E., and Pelletier, F. 2015. The relatively importance of direct and indirect effects of hunting mortality on the population dynamics of brown bears. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B 282, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1840

51.    *Frank, S.C., Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Swenson, J.E., Storch, I., Kindberg, J., Barck, H., and Zedrosser, A. 2015. A "clearcut" case? Brown bear selection of coarse woody debris and carpenter ants on clearcuts. Forest Ecology and Management 384: 164-173.

52.    *Tinnesand, H.V., Buesching, C.D., Noonan, M.D., Newman, C., Zedrosser, A., Rosell, F., and Macdonald, D.W. Will trespassers be prosecuted or assessed according to their merits? A consilient interpretation of territoriality in a group-living Carnivore, the European badger. Plos One 10(7): e0132432.

53.    #Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Zedrosser, A., and Rosell, F. Socio-ecological contexts affect resource selection in a monogamous mammal, the Eurasian beaver. Oecologia 179: 1023-1032.

54.    Mills, J.A., Teplitsky, C., Arroyo, B., Charmantier, A., Becker, P.H., Birkhead, T.R., Bize, P., Blumstein, D.T., Bonenfant, C., Boutin, S., Bushuey, A., Cam, E., Cockburn, A., Côté, S.D., Coulson, J.C., Daunt, F., Dingemanse, N.J., Doligez, N., Drummond, H., Espie, R.H.M., Festa-Bianchet, M., Frentiu, F., Fitzpatrick, J.W., Furness, R.W., Garant, D., Gauthier, G., Grant, P.R., Griesser, M., Gustafsson, L., Hansson, B., Harris, M.P., Jiguet, F., Kjellander, P., Korpimäki, E., Krebs, C.J., Lens, L., Linnell, J.D.C., Low, M., McAdam, A., Margalida, A., Merilä, J., Møller, A.P., Nakagawa, S., Nilsson, J.-Å., Nisbet, I.C.T., van Noordwijk, A.J., Oro, D., Pärt, T., Pelletier, F., Potti, J., Pujol, B., Réale, D., Rockwell, R.F., Ropert-Coudert, Y.R., Roulin, A., Thébaud, C., Sedinger, J.S., Swenson, J.E., Visser, M.E., Wanless, S., Westneat, D.F., Wilson, A.J., and Zedrosser, A. 2015. Archiving primary data: solutions for long-term studies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 30, 581-589.

55.    *Leclerc, M., Vander Wal, E., Zedrosser, A., Swenson, J.E., Kindberg, J., and Pelletier, F. 2015. Quantifying consistent individual differences in habitat selection. Oecologia 180: 697-705.

56.    *Fandos Esteruelas, N., Huber, N., Evans, A.L., Palomares, F., Angel, M., Zedrosser, A., Cattet, M., and Arnemo, J.M. 2016. Leukocyte coping capacity as a tool to assess capture and handling-induced stress in Scandinavian brown bears (Ursus arctos). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 52: 40-53.

57.    Stenset, N.E., Nilsen Lutnæs, P., Bjarnadóttir, V., Dahle, B., Høivik Fossum, K., Jigsved, P., Johansen, T., Neumann, W., Opseth, O., Rønning, O., Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Zedrosser, A., Brunberg, S., and Swenson, J.E. 2016. Seasonal and annual variation in the diet of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the boreal forest of southcentral Sweden. Wildlife Biology 22: 107-116.

58.    Rauseth, G.R., Andrèn, H., Swenson, J.E., Samelius, G., Segerström, P., Zedrosser, A., and Person, J. 2016. National parks as refuges for illegal killing of large carnivores. Conservation Letters 9: 334-341.

59.    Mills, J.A., Teplitsky, C., Arroyo, B., Charmantier, A., Becker, P.H., Birkhead, T.R., Bize, P., Blumstein, D.T., Bonenfant, C., Boutin, S., Bushuey, A., Cam, E., Cockburn, A., Côté, S.D., Coulson, J.C., Daunt, F., Dingemanse, N.J., Doligez, N., Drummond, H., Espie, R.H.M., Festa-Bianchet, M., Frentiu, F., Fitzpatrick, J.W., Furness, R.W., Garant, D., Gauthier, G., Grant, P.R., Griesser, M., Gustafsson, L., Hansson, B., Harris, M.P., Jiguet, F., Kjellander, P., Korpimäki, E., Krebs, C.J., Lens, L., Linnell, J.D.C., Low, M., McAdam, A., Margalida, A., Merilä, J., Møller, A.P., Nakagawa, S., Nilsson, J.-Å., Nisbet, I.C.T., van Noordwijk, A.J., Oro, D., Pärt, T., Pelletier, F., Potti, J., Pujol, B., Réale, D., Rockwell, R.F., Ropert-Coudert, Y.R., Roulin, A., Thébaud, C., Sedinger, J.S., Swenson, J.E., Visser, M.E., Wanless, S., Westneat, D.F., Wilson, A.J., and Zedrosser, A. 2016. Solutions for Archiving Data in Long-Term Studies: A Reply to Whitlock et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31, 85-87.

60.    #Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Zedrosser, A., Elfström; M., Ordiz, A., Leclerc, M., Frank, S.C., Kindberg, J. Støen, O.-G., Brunberg, S., and Swenson, J.E. 2016. Ecological implications from spatial patterns in human-caused brown bear mortality. Wildlife Biology 22: 144-152.

61.    *Hertel, A., Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Zedrosser, A., Mysterud, A., Lodberg-Holm, H., Wathne-Gelink, H., Kindberg, J., and Swenson, J.E. 2016. Bears and berries: selective foraging on a patchily distributed food resource. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70: 831-841.

62.    *Leclerc, M., Van de Walle, J., Zedrosser, A., Swenson, J.E., and Pelletier, F. 2016. Can data from nonselectively harvested animals be used to estimate unbiased population parameters? A case study in brown bears. Biology Letters 12: 20160197.

63.    #Steyaert, S.M.J.G., and Zedrosser, A. 2016. Human shields mediate sexual conflict in a top predator. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B 283: 20160906

64.    *Gosselin, J., Leclerc, M., Zedrosser, A., Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Swenson, J.E., and Pelletier, F.2016. Hunting promotes sexual conflict in brown bears. Journal of Animal Ecology 86: 35-42.

65.    *Graf, P.M., Mayer, M., Zedrosser, A., Hackländer, K., and Rosell, F. The trade-off between territory size and movement patterns in Eurasian beavers. Mammalian Biology 81: 587-594.

66.    *Hertel, A., Zedrosser, A., Mysterud, A., Støen O.-G., Steyaert, S.M.J.G., and Swenson, J.E. 2016. Temporal effects of hunting on foraging behaviour of brown bears: Do bears forego foraging when risk is high? Oecologia 182: 1019-1029.

67.    *Mayer, M., Zedrosser, A., and Rosell, F. 2017. When to leave: timing of natal dispersal in a large, monogamous rodent, the Eurasian beaver. Animal Behaviour. Accepted.

68.    Swenson, J.E., Schneider, M., Zedrosser, A., Söderberg, A., Franzén, R., and Kindberg, J. 2017. Challenges of managing an European brown bear population – lessons from Sweden, 1943-2013. Wildlife Biology: wlb.00251. 2017

69.    *Mayer, M., Künzel, F., Zedrosser, A., and Rosell, F. 2017. The seven-year itch: non-adaptive mate change in the Eurasian beaver. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Accepted.

70.    *Fandos Esteruelas, N., Cattet, M., Zedrosser, A., and Arnemo, J.M. 2017. A double-blinded, randomized comparison of Medetomidine-Tiletamine-Zolazepam and Dexmedetomidine-Tiletamine-Zolazepam in free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos). Plos One. Accepted.

71.    *Leclerc, M., Frank, S.C., Zedrosser, A., Swenson, J.E., and Pelletier, F. 2017. Hunting promotes spatial reorganization and sexually selected infanticide. Scientific Reports. Accepted.

72.    Parker, H., Zedrosser, A., and Rosell, F. 2017. Life-history traits and correlates of reproduction in Eurasian beaver Castor fiber in Norway. Journal of Zoology. Accepted.

73.    *Leclerc, M., Zedrosser, A., and Pelletier, F. 2017. Harvesting as a potential selective pressure on behavioral traits. Journal of Applied Ecology. Accepted.

74.    Sergiel, A., Hobson, K.A., Janz, D.M., Cattet, M., Kapronczai, L., Gryba, C., Selva, N., and Zedrosser, A. 2017. Compatibility of preparation procedures for the analysis of cortisol concentration and stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) ratios: a test on animal hair. Conservation Physiology. Accepted.

75.    *Mayer, M., Zedrosser, A., and Rosell, F. 2017. Couch potatoes do better: Delayed dispersal and territory size affect the length of territory occupancy in a monogamous mammal. Ecology and Evolution. Accepted.

76.    *Hertel, A., Langvall, O., Bischof, R., Mysterud, A., Kindberg, J., Swenson, J.E., and Zedrosser, A. Berry production drives bottom-up effects on body mass and reproductive success in an omnivore. Oikos. Accepted

77.    *Frank, S., Ordiz, A., Gosselin, J., Hertel, A., Kindberg, J., Leclerc, M., Kvelprud Moen, G., Pelletier, F., Steyaert, S.M.J.G., Støen, O.-G., Van De Walle, J., Zedrosser, A.., and Swenson, J.E. Indirect effects of bear hunting; an important topic for managers. Ursus. Accepted

78.    Bischof R., Bonenfant, C., Rivrud, I.M., Zedrosser, A., Friebe, A., Coulson, T., Mysterud, A., Swenson, J.E. Demographic dewilding of an apex predator population by hunting. Nature Ecology & Evolution. Accepted

79.    *Frank, S., Leclerc, M., Pelletier, F., Rosell, F., Swenson, J.E., Bischof, R., Kindberg, J., Eiken, H.G., Hagen, S., and Zedrosser, A. Sex and relatedness influence the spatial response of brown bears to vacancies created by hunting. Journal of Animal Ecology. Accepted

80.    *Mayer, M., Zedrosser, A., Rosell, F.N. Extra-territorial movements differ between territory holders and subordinates in a large, monogamous rodent. Scientific Reports. Accepted