Sustainable grizzly bear mortality calculated from counts of females with cubs-of-the-year: An evaluation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 103-111

  Mattson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

population index; search effort; sightability; unduplicated; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

GRIZZLY BEAR; MORTALITY; POPULATION INDEX;

USA, WYOMING, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

URSUS ARCTOS HORRIBILIS;

EID: 0030618687     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00149-8     Document Type: Article

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