Scat detection dogs in wildlife research and management: Application to grizzly and black bears in the Yellowhead Ecosystem, Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 475-492

  Wasser, Samuel K ^a   Davenport, Barbara ^b   Ramage, Elizabeth R ^a   Hunt, Kathleen E ^a   Parker, Margaret ^c   Clarke, Christine ^a   Stenhouse, Gordon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b McNeil Island Correctional Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d Foothills Model Forest   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; DNA; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIO; TELEMETERING;

GRIZZLY BEARS; RADIOTELEMETRY; WILDLIFE RESEARCH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BEAR; DETECTION METHOD; FECES; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YELLOWHEAD ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 3142621423     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-020     Document Type: Article

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