Prediction of litter size in American black bears

Ursus

Volumn 12, Issue , 2000, Pages 93-102

  McDonald Jr , John E ^a   Fuller, Todd K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Bayesian estimation; Corn; Hard mast; Linear discriminant function; Litter order; Litter size; Massachusetts; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144401960     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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