Female American black bear use of managed forest and agricultural lands in coastal North Carolina

Ursus

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 188-197

  Jones, Mark D ^a,b   Pelton, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; American black bear; Atlantic coastal plain; Forest industry; Geographic information system; GIS; Habitat use; Home range; North Carolina; Ursus americamts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646482844     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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