Effects of trapping with bait on bait-station indices to black bear abundance

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1357-1361

  Brongo, Lara L ^a,b   Mitchell, Michael S ^a   Grand, James B ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Auburn University ^*

Author keywords

Bait station index; Black bears; Mark recapture; North Carolina; Relative abundance; Southern Appalachians; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BEAR; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 33646082246     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[1357:EOTWBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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