Trophic relations of brown and black bears in several western North American Ecosystems

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 921-929

  Jacoby, Michael E ^a   Hilderbrand, Grant V ^a   Servheen, Christopher ^b   Schwartz, Charles C ^c,f   Arthur, Stephen M ^c   Hanley, Thomas A ^d   Robbins, Charles T ^a   Michener, Robert ^e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Brown bear; Diet; Glacier National Park; Grizzly bear; Kenai Peninsula; Meat; Stable isotopes; Trophic level; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DIET; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

(WEST); NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; ONCORHYNCHUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032815630     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802806     Document Type: Article

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