Black bear home range dynamics and movement patterns during a gypsy moth infestation

Ursus

Volumn 10, Issue , 1998, Pages 259-267

  Kasbohm, John W ^a,c   Vaughan, Michael R ^b   Kraus, James G ^a,d  

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

^b National Biological Service   (United States)

^c Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorn failure; Black bear; Defoliation; Gypsy moth; Home range; Lymantria dispar; Movement; Ursus ainericanus; Virginia

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942714060     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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