Calculating average age of first reproduction free of the biases prevalent in bear studies

Ursus

Volumn 10, Issue , 1998, Pages 437-447

  Garshelis, David L ^a   Noyce, Karen V ^a   Coy, Pamela L ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of first reproduction; Biased estimates; Black bear; Censored data; Lifetest; Massachusetts; Minnesota; Population comparisons; Primiparous; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044391540     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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