Effect of spatial differences in habitat on home ranges of grizzly bears

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-16

  McLoughlin, Philip D ^a   Cluff, H Dean ^b   Gau, Robert J ^b   Mulders, Robert ^b   Case, Ray L ^b   Messier, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Fixed kernel; Grizzly bear; Habitat; Home range; Northwest Territories; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; HABITAT; HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; YELLOWKNIFE;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0037277567     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682744     Document Type: Article

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