Using landscape structure to classify grizzly bear density in Alberta yellowhead ecosystem bear management units

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Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-34

  Popplewell, Charlene ^a   Franklin, Steven E ^b   Stenhouse, Gordon ^c   Hall Beyer, Mryka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Bear management; Density estimation; Discriminant function; Grizzly bear habitat; Landsat image; Landscape metrics; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345923448     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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