Changes in mortality of yellowstone's grizzly bears

Ursus

Volumn 10, Issue , 1998, Pages 129-138

  Mattson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Grizzly bear; Mortality; Trend; Ursus arctos; Whitebark pine; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004130569     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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