Dynamics of a recolonizing population of black bears in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1342-1351

  Bales, Sara L ^a,b,d   Hellgren, Eric C ^a,c   Leslie Jr , David M ^a   Hemphill Jr , Joe ^d,e  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation   (United States)

^e Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC)   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Black bear; Oklahoma; Population dynamics; Recolonization; Reproduction; Survival; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HABITAT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECOLONIZATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 33646079378     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[1342:DOARPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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