Human injuries inflicted by bears in British Columbia: 1960-97

Ursus

Volumn 11, Issue , 1999, Pages 209-218

  Herrero, Stephen ^a   Higgins, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bear attacks; Bear behavior; Black bear; Brown bear; Human deaths; Human injuries; Hunting; Predation on people; Predatory bears; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010894462     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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