Use of a garbage dump by brown bears in Dillingham, Alaska

Ursus

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-177

  Peirce, Kellie N ^a,c   Van Daele, Lawrence J ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bear human conflicts; Brown bear; Dillingham; Dump; Food conditioning; Garbage; Grizzly bear; Landfill; Southwest Alaska; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33750937363     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2006)17[165:UOAGDB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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