Status of the yellowstone grizzly bear population: Has it recovered, should it be delisted?

Ursus

Volumn 10, Issue , 1998, Pages 597-602

  Craighead, John J ^a  

^a Craighead Wildl Wildlands Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Delisting; Ecocenters; Endangered species; Endangered species act; Grizzly bear; Threatened species; Yellowstone national park

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012899167     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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