Population viability of barren-ground grizzly bears in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories

Arctic

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-190

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Arctic; Demography; Grizzly bear; Harvest; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Population viability; PVA; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; POPULATION MODELING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA;

POTATO VIRUS A; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0042768502     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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