Crepuscular and nocturnal activity patterns of black bears in the North Cascades of Washington

Northwest Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-146

  Gaines, William L ^a   Lyons, Andrea L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEAR; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOURCE USE;

UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0038366744     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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