Validation of 22sodium to estimate food intake of bears

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-56

  Farley, Sean D ^a   Robbins, Charles T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

22Na; black bear; exchangeable sodium; grizzly bear; nutrition; sodium flux; U. arctos; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SALMONIDAE; UNGULATA; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS ARCTOS HORRIBILIS;

BLACK BEAR; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; GRIZZLY BEAR; SODIUM-22;

EID: 0030617639     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802413     Document Type: Article

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