Habitat security for Alaskan black bears at key foraging sites: Are there thresholds for human disturbance?

Ursus

Volumn 11, Issue , 1999, Pages 225-238

  Chi, Danielle K ^a   Gilbert, Barrie K ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Black bear; Habituation; Regression quantiles; Southeast alaska; Ursus americanus; Wildlife viewing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748554958     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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