Rates and causes of grizzly bear mortality in the interior mountains of British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Washington, and Idaho

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 911-920

  Mclellan, Bruce N ^a   Hovey, Fred W ^a   Mace, Richard D ^b   Woods, John G ^c   Carney, Daniel W ^d   Gibeau, Michael L ^e   Wakkinen, Wayne L ^f   Kasworm, Wayne F ^g  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^c PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^d Blackfeet Fish and Wildl Department   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^g US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Alberta; British Columbia; Grizzly bears; Hunting, idaho; Montana; Poaching; Problem wildlife protected areas; Survival rates; Ursus arctos; Washington

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; MORTALITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0032775159     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802805     Document Type: Article

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