Use of dogs and mark-recapture techniques to estimate American black bear density in northeastern Oregon

Ursus

Volumn 12, Issue , 2000, Pages 203-210

  Akenson, James J ^a   Henjum, Mark G ^b   Wertz, Tata L ^b   Craddock, Ted J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Density estimate; Dogs; Houndsmen; Noremark; Oregon; Population index; Transect; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544437631     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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