Grizzly bear predation rates on caribou calves in northeastern Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1056-1066

  Young Jr , Donald D ^a,b   McCabe, Thomas R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Alaska; Caribou; Functional response; Grizzly bear; Kill rate; Porcupine Caribou Herd; Predation; Rangifer tarandus; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

CARIBOU; GRIZZLY BEAR; PREDATION RATE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ALASKA; USA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; URSUS ACRTUS;

EID: 2642678463     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802102     Document Type: Article

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