What two ways would a forest fire affect a black bear?

Answer 1

it will burn there food

Answer 2

Forest fires do kill individuals from many species of animals. The specific effects of forest fire on a given animal species depends greatly on the species.

Forest fires consume large tracts of land, burning out nearly all vegetative matter. However, the range of the American black bear, Ursus americanus, is filled with woodlands which have evolved to deal with periodic fires. Because of this trait of the American woodlands, the forests have a resilience to fire and occasional wildland fires actually can do considerable good for the health of the forest. A healthy forest will be better suited to support omnivorous species such as U.americanus.

The short answer to your question is that forest fires can help black bears by killing off individual bears that don't escape the fire, leaving the ones that are strong, fast and smart enough to get out of the way of the fire to breed; forest fires also help the bears by burning out stagnating understory, thereby affording new growth to occur, which leads to more for the bears to eat and more cover for the bears.

Answer 3

Forces them to move and change their current habitat. Forest fires are not necessarily bad if they are natural. Animals sense these fires before they get too far and can usually escape quite quickly. American Black Bears can be territorial, but as long as they are not habituated by nearby human development they will easily take flight and just adapt to a slightly different environment.

Answer 4

trees fall down which make the bear more aggressive