Black bear home-range sizes in Washington: Climatic, vegetative, and social influences

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-91

  Koehler, Gary M ^a   Pierce, D John ^a  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Forest cover types; Habitat use; Home range; Ursus americanus; Washington

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CLIMATE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0037328304     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0081:BBHRSI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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