Stable isotope signatures and locations of Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos) in British Columbia

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Stable isotope signatures and locations of Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos) in British Columbia Van Elslander, Jonathan; Mowat, Garth; Bourbonnais, Mathieu

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Grizzly Bear Isotope data from Van Elslander et al. 2025. As a part of Van Elslander et al. 2025, we analyzed the stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in over 2500 guard hairs from 1804 grizzly bears (1059 males, 729 females, 16 sex unidentified) sampled from across B.C. Approximately 900 of these hairs were shared by other researchers who wish to keep their data private. The remaining 1621 samples are included here. 593 bears were analyzed specifically for this study at the University of Ottawa Ján Veizer Stable Isotope Laboratory. Samples from 567 bears from this study were collected as a part of B.C.’s Compulsory Inspection database, while the remaining 68 were collected as a part of DNA-based population inventories. The remaining data were provided by other researchers and had been previously analyzed for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios. Most of these data were collected using non-invasive hair sampling and identified to sex and individual using genetic techniques. Analytical methods for data shared by other researchers are available in their associated publications. See README.txt for a full list of citations.

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Title	Stable isotope signatures and locations of Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos) in British Columbia
Creator	Van Elslander, Jonathan; Mowat, Garth; Bourbonnais, Mathieu
Contributor	Van Elslander, Jonathan
Date Issued	2025-09-18
Description	Grizzly Bear Isotope data from Van Elslander et al. 2025. As a part of Van Elslander et al. 2025, we analyzed the stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in over 2500 guard hairs from 1804 grizzly bears (1059 males, 729 females, 16 sex unidentified) sampled from across B.C. Approximately 900 of these hairs were shared by other researchers who wish to keep their data private. The remaining 1621 samples are included here. 593 bears were analyzed specifically for this study at the University of Ottawa Ján Veizer Stable Isotope Laboratory. Samples from 567 bears from this study were collected as a part of B.C.’s Compulsory Inspection database, while the remaining 68 were collected as a part of DNA-based population inventories. The remaining data were provided by other researchers and had been previously analyzed for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios. Most of these data were collected using non-invasive hair sampling and identified to sex and individual using genetic techniques. Analytical methods for data shared by other researchers are available in their associated publications. See README.txt for a full list of citations.
Subject	Earth and Environmental Sciences; Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; grizzly bear; Ursus arctos; stable isotope analysis; wildlife diet; dietary niche; wildlife biology
Geographic Location	British Columbia
Type	Dataset
Date Available	2025-09-11
Provider	University of British Columbia Library
License	CC BY-NC 4.0
DOI	10.14288/1.0450162
URI	https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/NG7KXR
Publisher DOI	https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/NG7KXR
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Country	Canada
Aggregated Source Repository	Dataverse

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