Foot loadings and pad and track widths of yellowstone grizzly bears

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-79

  Mattson, David J ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age class; Feeding activity; Gender; Grizzly bears; Pad width; Track; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; UNGULATA; URSUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS ARCTOS HORRIBILIS;

EID: 0037247776     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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