Black bears forage on army cutworm moth aggregations in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 278-281

  Coop, Jonathan D ^a   Hibner, Charles D ^b   Miller, Aaron J ^b   Clark, Gregory H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Santa Fe Soil Survey   (United States)

^c Charleston Soil Survey Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUXOA AUXILIARIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS ARCTOS HORRIBILIS;

EID: 21244473609     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2005)050[0278:BBFOAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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