Development and testing of phenologically driven grizzly bear habitat models

Ecoscience

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

  Nielsen, Scott E ^a   Boyce, Mark S ^a   Stenhouse, Gordon B ^b   Munro, Robin H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

^c Foothills Model Forest   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos); Habitat modeling; Habitat selection; Jasper National Park; Phenology; Resource selection functions (RSF)

Indexed keywords

BEAR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; JASPER NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0037279579     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682743     Document Type: Article

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