Effect of energy availability, seasonality, and geographic range on brown bear life history

Ecography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-200

  Ferguson, Steven H ^a,b   McLoughlin, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0034028317     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00275.x     Document Type: Article

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