Geostatistical analysis of allele presence patterns among American black bears in eastern North Carolina

Ursus

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-69

  Thompson, Laura M ^a   Van Manen, Frank T ^a   King, Timothy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele mapping; American black bear; Anisotropy; Geostatistics; Highways; North Carolina; Semivariogram; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 33646014501     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2005)016[0059:GAOAPP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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