NEW!!

"Beginning June 8, 2007, all manuscripts for Ursus must submitted electronically using AllenTrack2. To register and submit your manuscript, go to http://ursus.allentrack2.net and follow the directions".

An index to all Ursus volumes (through volume 17) using ProCite© can now be downloaded from this page.

Beginning with Ursus 15 (calendar year 2004), the full text of each issue of Ursus is available online to subscribers of BioOne. We are proud to join the BioOne family of journals!

Also beginning with volume 15, Ursus is covered by Thomson ISI in their products Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences, and Science Citation Index Expanded.

Full text pdf files now available for Ursus 12-17.

Beginning with Ursus 18, Thomson Scientific evaluates the Impact Factor for Ursus.

Ursus includes a variety of articles on all aspects of bear management and research worldwide. Original manuscripts are welcome. In addition to manuscripts reporting original research, submissions may be based on thoughtful review and synthesis of previously-reported information, innovative philosophies and opinions, and public policy or legal aspects of wildlife conservation. Notes of general interest are also welcome. Invited manuscripts will be clearly identified, but will still be subject to peer review. All manuscripts must be in English. All manuscripts are peer-reviewed, and subject to rigorous editorial standards.

Editor

Richard B. Harris, Missoula, Montana, USA

Advisory Board

Dave Garshelis, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA
Bruce McLellan, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
Harry Reynolds, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Chuck Schwartz, Bozeman, Montana, USA
Mike Vaughan, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Associate Editors

Jerry Belant, Munising, Michigan, USA
Cecily Costello, Bozeman, Montana, USA
Malcolm Fitz-Earle, Vancouver, BC
Kerry Foresman, Missoula, Montana,USA
David Hamer, Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Grant Hilderbrand, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Oscar Huygens, Larchant, France
Sandra Jonker, Vancouver, Washington, USA
John E. McDonald, Jr., Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Craig McLaughlin, Waterbury, Vermont, USA
S. Sathyakumar, Dehra Dun, India
Philip McLoughlin, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Richard T. Shideler, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Sandra Talbot, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Toshio Tsubota, Gifu, Japan
Frank van Manen, Knoxville Tennessee, USA
John Waller, West Glacier, Montana, USA

Correspondence

Submissions and questions should be sent to the Editor. See Instructions for Authors.