Estimating total human-caused mortality from reported mortality using data from radio-instrumented grizzly bears

Ursus

Volumn 13, Issue , 2001, Pages 175-184

  Cherry, Steve ^a   Haroldson, Mark A ^a   Robinson Cox, James ^a   Schwartz, Charles C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Grizzly bear; Mortality; Ursus arctos; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646687833     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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