Habitat use by American black bears in the Sandhills of Florida

Ursus

Volumn 12, Issue , 2000, Pages 109-114

  Stratman, Marty R ^a   Pelton, Michael R ^a   Alden, C David ^b   Sunquist, Melvin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Compositional analysis; Eglin Air Force Base; Habitat; Radiotelemetry; Riparian zones; Sandhills; Ursus americans floridanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645970688     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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