Carnivore re-colonisation: Reality, possibility and a non-equilibrium century for grizzly bears in the southern Yellowstone ecosystem

Animal Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-77

  Pyare, Sanjay ^a   Cain, Steve ^b   Moody, Dave ^c   Schwartz, Chuck ^d   Berger, Joel ^e  

^a Denver Zoological Foundation   (United States)

^b Grand Teton National Park   (United States)

^c Wyoming Game/Fish   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE EXPANSION; RECOLONIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 14644437046     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943003001203     Document Type: Article

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