Bear predation on Pacific salmon facilitates colonization of carcasses by fly maggots

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 142-151

  Meehan, Erin P ^a   Seminet Reneau, Elizabeth E ^a   Quinn, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; FACILITATION; FLY; OVIPOSITION; SALMONID;

CALLIPHORIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 23644448226     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0142:BPOPSF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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