From the field: Brown bear habituation to people - Safety, risks, and benefits

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 362-373

  Herrero, Stephen ^a   Smith, Tom ^b   DeBruyn, Terry D ^c,e   Gunther, Kerry ^c,f,g   Matt, Colleen A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

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

^e National Park Service's Alaska Region   (United States)

^f YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

^g Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team United States Forest Service Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bear management; Bear viewing; Bear human interactions; Brown bears; Habituation; Individual distance; Overt reaction distance; Personal space; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; ECOTOURISM; HABITUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 22244489088     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[362:FTFBBH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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