Black bear denning during a gypsy moth infestation

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-70

  Kasbohm, John W ^a,b,e   Vaughan, Michael R ^a,d   Kraus, James G ^a,c,f,g  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d National Biological Service   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f Virginia Tech ^*  (United States)

^g WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

black bear; defoliation; denning; gypsy moth; Lymantria dispar; oak mortality; Quercus; Ursus americanus; Virginia

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; QUERCUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; LYMANTRIIDAE;

ACORN FAILURE; CANOPY DEFOLIATION;

USA, VIRGINIA, SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0029663448     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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