The primary scholarly publication of the IBA is Ursus.

This semi-annual series (published in May and November of each year) continues the series "Bears - their biology and management." Most of the papers in Ursus originate as presentations at IBA conferences, although papers submitted independently are also published.  All articles in Ursus are peer-reviewed.  

Go to the Ursus Journal for more details.

Other publications are also available for sale through the IBA.  See the complete list below.

Out of print volumes are available at research libraries and through inter-library loan.  Complete collections are available at the University of Montana and the University of Tennessee libraries.

IBA Publications

Conference Proceedings of the IBA - Bears--Their Biology and Management

• 3rd 1974 Binghamton/Moscow--out of print
• 4th 1980 Montana (1977)
• 5th 1983 Wisconsin (1980)
• 6th 1986 Arizona (1983)
• 7th 1987 Virginia/Yugoslavia (1986)
• 8th 1990 British Columbia (1989)
• 9th 1994 Montana (1992)
• 9th 1997 France (1992)
• 10th (Ursus) 1998 Alaska/Sweden (1995)
• 11th 1999 Ursus 11
• 12th 2001 Ursus 12
• 13th 2002 Ursus 13
  14th 2003 Ursus 14 Volumes 1 & 2
• 15th 2004 Ursus 15 (included with standard membership)

Eastern Workshop Proceedings on Black Bear Management and Research

• 5th 1980 North Carolina (1980)
• 10th 1991 Arkansas (1990)
• 11th 1993 New Hampshire (1992)
• 12th 1994 Tennessee (1994)--out of print
• 13th 1996 Vermont (1996)
• 14th 1999 Mississippi (1997)
• 16th 2001 South Carolina (2001) (NEW)

Western Workshop Proceedings on Black Bear Management and Research

• 1st 1979 Arizona (1979)
• 4th 1993 California (1991)
• 5th 1995 Utah (1993)
• 7th 2001 Oregon (2000) (NEW)

Polar Bear Proceedings

• 10th 1988 USSR (NEW)

Monographs of the IBA

• A Proposed Delineation of Critical Grizzly Bear Habitat in the Yellowstone Region (#1, 1977), by John J. Craighead
• The Status and Conservation of the Bears of the World (#2, 1989)
  by Chris Servheen
• Density-Dependent Population Regulation of Black, Brown and Polar Bears (#3, 1994), Edited by Mitchell Taylor
• Population Viability for Grizzly Bears: A Critical Review (#4, 2001)
  by M. Boyce, B. Blanchard, R. Knight, C. Servheen

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