Use of lodgepole pine cover types by yellowstone grizzly bears

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 480-496

  Mattson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cover types; Feeding activity; Forest management; Grizzly bears; Habitat ecology; Habitat selection; Lodgepole pine; National Park; Resource selection; Ursus arctos; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

PINUS CONTORTA; URSUS ARCTOS; VERTEBRATA; PINACEAE;

GRIZZLY BEAR; HABITAT USE; LODGEPOLE PINE; MANAGEMENT HABITAT SELECTION;

USA, WYOMING, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030619075     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802606     Document Type: Article

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