Reliability of the cementum annuli technique for estimating age of black bears in New Mexico

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 169-176

  Costello, Cecily M ^{a,b,c,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Inman, Kristine H ^{a,b,c,o,p,q,r}   Jones, Donald E ^d,l,m,n   Inman, Robert M ^a,b,c,s,t,u   Thompson, Bruce C ^b,d,e,o,v,w   Quigley, Howard B ^{f,v,x,y,z,aa,ab}  

^a University Station   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d NM Department of Game and Fish   (United States)

^e NM Department of Game and Fish   (United States)

^f CRAIGHEAD BERINGIA SOUTH   (United States)

^g New Mexico Black Bear Study (NMBBS)   (Mexico)

^h Hornocker Wildlife Institute (HWI)   (United States)

ⁱ FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^k MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^m MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^o Gtr Yellowstone Wolverine Stud WCS ^*

^p Gtr Yellowstone Wolverine Stud WCS   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^r VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s NMBBS for HWI   (United States)

^t MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^u WCS   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^x TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y VA and MCB Quantico   (United States)

^z Hornocker Wildlife Institute   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Accuracy; Age class; Black bear; Cementum annuli; Consistency; Season; Sex; Tooth; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TOOTH; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2142758339     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[169:ROTCAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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