Relationships among grizzly bears, highways, and habitat in the Banff-Bow Valley, Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1378-1391

  Chruszcz, Bryan ^a   Clevenger, Anthony P ^b,c   Gunson, Kari E ^a   Gibeau, Michael L ^a  

^a PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PARKS; ROADS AND STREETS;

LANDSCAPES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BEAR; NATIONAL PARK; PROTECTED AREA; ROAD;

ALBERTA; BANFF NATIONAL PARK; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0344286926     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-123     Document Type: Article

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