A very peculiar population of bears
Foto por Michael Tweddle
In the mountains near the campesino community of Corosha, in the Tropical Andes of northeast Peru, there lives a population of spectacled bears with peculiar characteristics. This population is located in a small area, named "Copal", where they spend the day feeding on plants, and are easily observed by our team. Among these bears is "Paddy", a very curious golden colored Andean bear.
Studying and observing bears
Monitoring with camera trapsIn conjunction with the San Diego Zoo and IMA we are monitoring the bear population using camera traps
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Monitoring animals in copalWe frequently visit Copal and collect observational data on the behavior of the bears from two observation points
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VisitorsMany visitors come to Corosha to visit Copal and observe our peculiar population of Andean bears
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The Golden bear of corosha captured on film!
Scientific works from Corosha on bears
Osterman, W., Osterman, J., Cornejo, F.M. En preparación. A peculiar Andean bear population in Northern Peru.
Petridou, M., Sperling, E., & Cornejo, F.M. 2018. Insight on resource use by the Andean bear in Corosha district, Amazonas, Peru. Book of Abstracts, 26th International Conference on Bear Research and Management. DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.21237.83686.
Chavez Argandoña, A. 2018. Influencia del hábitat y la estacionalidad sobre la dieta del oso andino (Tremarctos ornatus) en el distrito de Corosha, departamento de Amazonas. Tesis de Licenciatura. Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
Mergel, P. 2017. Contribution to the ecology of the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus). Tesis de Licenciatura. Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institute for Zoology and Anthropology at the Faculty of Biology and Psychology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
Chavez Argandoña, A. 2017. Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) diet in jalca and montane cloud forest habitats in Corosha, Amazonas, Peru. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Conference on Bear Research and Management. DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.25022.79685.
Cornejo, F.M., Jiménez C., Luna, V., Sperling, E. & Tello, C. 2017. Andean bear tourism: an unexpected outcome of community-based conservation in Northern Peru’s Tropical Andes. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Conference on Bear Research and Management.
Osterman, W., Goss, J., Sperling, E., Jimenez, C., & Cornejo, F.M. 2017 Preliminary observations on the behavior of a peculiar Andean bear population in the Tropical Andes of Northeastern Peru. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Conference on Bear Research and Management.
Jimenez, C., Luna, V., Rojas-Vera Pinto, R., Sperling, E., & Cornejo, F.M. 2017. Andean bear perception by rural communities in Peru’s Northeastern Tropical Andes: the impact of a conservation project. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Conference on Bear Research and Management.
Jimenez, C., Luna, V., Cornejo, F.M., Rojas-Vera Pinto, R., & Sperling, E. 2017. Perception of Andean Bears in a community-based conservation project in Peru’s Tropical Andes. Book of Abstracts, 28th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB).
Petridou, M., Sperling, E., & Cornejo, F.M. 2018. Insight on resource use by the Andean bear in Corosha district, Amazonas, Peru. Book of Abstracts, 26th International Conference on Bear Research and Management. DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.21237.83686.
Chavez Argandoña, A. 2018. Influencia del hábitat y la estacionalidad sobre la dieta del oso andino (Tremarctos ornatus) en el distrito de Corosha, departamento de Amazonas. Tesis de Licenciatura. Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
Mergel, P. 2017. Contribution to the ecology of the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus). Tesis de Licenciatura. Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institute for Zoology and Anthropology at the Faculty of Biology and Psychology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
Chavez Argandoña, A. 2017. Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) diet in jalca and montane cloud forest habitats in Corosha, Amazonas, Peru. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Conference on Bear Research and Management. DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.25022.79685.
Cornejo, F.M., Jiménez C., Luna, V., Sperling, E. & Tello, C. 2017. Andean bear tourism: an unexpected outcome of community-based conservation in Northern Peru’s Tropical Andes. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Conference on Bear Research and Management.
Osterman, W., Goss, J., Sperling, E., Jimenez, C., & Cornejo, F.M. 2017 Preliminary observations on the behavior of a peculiar Andean bear population in the Tropical Andes of Northeastern Peru. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Conference on Bear Research and Management.
Jimenez, C., Luna, V., Rojas-Vera Pinto, R., Sperling, E., & Cornejo, F.M. 2017. Andean bear perception by rural communities in Peru’s Northeastern Tropical Andes: the impact of a conservation project. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Conference on Bear Research and Management.
Jimenez, C., Luna, V., Cornejo, F.M., Rojas-Vera Pinto, R., & Sperling, E. 2017. Perception of Andean Bears in a community-based conservation project in Peru’s Tropical Andes. Book of Abstracts, 28th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB).
Participating scientists
Scientists who have done research on the bear in Corosha in collaboration with Yunkawasi
Pauline MergelPauline did her undergraduate thesis with the spectacled bears of Copal in Corosha.
Maria petridouMaría conducted a study on the use of food resources by the bears in Corosha.
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Alexandra chavezAlexandra did her undergraduate thesis on the diet of the spectacled bear using fecal samples. Later she received a research grant from the Peruvian Association for the Conservation of Nature - APECO to study the genetics of the Andean bear in Peru, including the population in Corosha.
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julia & wilhelm ostermanWilhelm did his Master's thesis on the population size of bears in Copal, and along with Julia, identified individuals using photos taken with long-range lenses. Additionally, they were involved in numerous training activities with the community of Corosha and helped start the bear tourism program.
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