Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus) display selective behaviors while foraging bromeliads (Puya spp.) in high elevation puna grasslands

• Nicholas W. Pilfold ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: npilfold@sdzwa.org

  Affiliation Conservation Science Wildlife Health, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Escondido, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5324-5499

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• Denisse Mateo-Chero,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Conservation Science Wildlife Health, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Escondido, California, United States of America

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• William Farfan-Rios,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology and Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Herbario Vargas CUZ, Escuela Profesional de Biología, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Peru

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• Mrinalini Watsa,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Conservation Science Wildlife Health, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Escondido, California, United States of America, Field Projects International, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Megan A. Owen,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Conservation Science Wildlife Health, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Escondido, California, United States of America

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• Russell C. Van Horn

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Conservation Science Wildlife Health, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Escondido, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5789-8822

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