Reproductive maturation and senescence in the female brown bear

Ursus

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-119

  Schwartz, Charles C ^a   Keating, Kim A ^a   Reynolds III, Harry V ^b   Barnes Jr , Victor G ^c,m   Sellers, Richard A ^b   Swenson, Jon E ^d   Miller, Sterling D ^b,n   McLellan, Bruce N ^e   Keay, Jeff ^c,f   McCann, Robert ^g   Gibeau, Michael ^h   Wakkinen, Wayne F ⁱ   Mace, Richard D ^j   Kasworm, Wayne ^k   Smith, Rodger ^b,m   Herrero, Steven ^l  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^f Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^j WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^k US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^m 240 North Higgins ^*  (United States)

ⁿ National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

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