Food habits of Louisiana black bears (Ursus americanus luteolus) in two subpopulations of the Tensas River Basin

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 118-127

  Benson, John F ^a,b   Chamberlain, Michael J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ISOLATED POPULATION; SUBPOPULATION; SUBSPECIES;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; TENSAS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CYPERACEAE; POACEAE; QUERCUS; RUBUS; SABAL; SABAL MINOR; URSUS AMERICANUS LUTEOLUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748184169     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)156[118:FHOLBB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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