Grizzly bears for the Bitterroot: Predicting potential abundance and distribution

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 670-683

  Boyce, Mark S ^a   Waller, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Glacier National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitterroot; GIS; Grizzly bear; Habitats; Modeling; Population estimation; Resource selection function; Swan Mountains; Ursus arctos; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

BEAR; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; POPULATION MODELING; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

CYGNUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0142185007     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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