Demography of barren-ground grizzly bears

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 294-301

  McLoughlin, Philip D ^a,d   Taylor, Mitchell K ^b   Cluff, H Dean ^c   Gau, Robert J ^c   Mulders, Robert ^c   Case, Ray L ^c   Boutin, Stan ^d   Messier, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^c Govt of the Northwest Territories ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITES; TELEMETERING;

SATELLITE RADIO COLLARS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BEAR; DEMOGRAPHY; LITTER SIZE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL;

CANADA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0037718252     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-245     Document Type: Article

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