Bait stations, hard mast, and black bear population growth in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1633-1640

  Clark, Joseph D ^a   Van Manen, Frank T ^a   Pelton, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bait station index; Black bear; Mast; Population monitoring; Pradel; Southern Appalachian region; Trends; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BEAR; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; MASTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; TREND ANALYSIS;

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 33645661244     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1633:BSHMAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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