Demographic analyses of a hunted black bear population with access to a refuge

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 224-234

  Powell, Roger A ^a   Zimmerman, John W ^a,c   Seaman, D Erran ^a,b   Gilliam, James F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Olympic National Park   (United States)

^c Mt St Clare College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK BEAR; DEMOGRAPHY; SANCTUARY; SURVIVORSHIP;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA, PISGAH BEAR SANCTUARY;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0029667669     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10010224.x     Document Type: Article

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