Are black bears a factor in the restoration of North American grizzly bear populations?

Ursus

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-30

  Mattson, David J ^a   Herrero, Stephen ^b   Merrill, Troy ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c LTB Institute of Landscape Ecology   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Biogeography; Brown bear; Cabinet Yaak; Competition; Grizzly bear; North America; North Cascade; Restoration; Selkirk; Selway Bitterroot; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33645966255     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2005)016[0011:ABBAFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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