Sexually selected infanticide in grizzly bears: The effects of hunting on cub survival

Ursus

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-156

  McLellan, Bruce N ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Cannibalism; Dispersal; Grizzly bear; Habitat selection; Hunting; Infanticide; Montana; Mortality; Survival rates; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33645989210     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2005)016[0141:SSIIGB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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