Taxonomic assessment of the black bear (Ursus americanus) in the eastern United States

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 335-347

  Kennedy, Michael L ^a   Kennedy, Phyllis K ^a   Bogan, Michael A ^a   Waits, Juliann L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS AMERICANUS LUTEOLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036709998     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672491     Document Type: Review

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