Grizzly Bear Conflicts Behavior

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Following this further, there was 86 hair samples taken from 2011 to 2014 that involved grizzly bear conflicts. There were relationships of 76 mother-off spring and 119 father-off spring .Within the76 mother-off spring relationships , 30.3% of off spring were considered problem bears separate from the conflict status of their mother. The father-offspring relationships, were 28.6% and considered problem bears separate from the conflict status of their father .
There was not anything indicating that conflict behavior was linked to the sex of the bear. The results proved that offspring that were involved in conflict behavior was because their mothers were problem bears, but not their fathers. It supported that the grizzlies developed social

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