Denning behavior and den site selection of grizzly bears along the Parsnip River, British Columbia, Canada

Ursus

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-58

  Ciarniello, Lana M ^a,d   Boyce, Mark S ^a   Heard, Douglas C ^b   Seip, Dale R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b British Columbia Ministry of Natural Resource Operations   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Den site; Fidelity; Grizzly bear; Modeling; Radiotelemetry; Resource selection functions; Selection; Timber harvest; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

PASTINACA SATIVA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33646011297     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2005)016[0047:DBADSS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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