Population dynamics of brown bears after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Ursus

Volumn 11, Issue , 1999, Pages 73-78

  Sellers, Richard A ^a   Miller, Sterling D ^a,b  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Brown bear; Exxon valdez; Katmai national park; Oil spill; Population dynamics; Reproduction; Survival; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646597585     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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