Limber pine and bears

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 90-92

  McCutchen, Henry E ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bears; Food habits; Limber pine; Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

PINUS FLEXILIS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0030060497     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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