Do black bears respond to military weapons training?

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 222-230

  Telesco, David J ^a   Van Manen, Frank T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Black Bear Conservation Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Discrete choice model; Habitat use; Habituation; Military training; Spatiotemporal response; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT USE; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE; WEAPON;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 33646472441     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[222:DBBRTM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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