Black bear habitat use in burned and unburned areas, central Arizona

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 786-792

  Cunningham, Stanley C ^a   Ballard, Warren B ^b   Monroe, Lindsey M ^a   Rabe, Michael J ^a   Bristow, Kirby D ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Black bear; Fire; Food habits; Habitat use; Shrub density; Sky island; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; FIRE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE;

UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0142153943     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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