Grizzly bear use of pink hedysarum roots following shrubland fire in Banff National Park, Alberta

Ursus

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-131

  Pengelly, Ian ^a   Hamer, David ^b  

^a PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Northern Lights College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Banff National Park; Betula glandulosa; Digging; Dwarf birch; Fire; Grizzly bear; Habitat; Hedysarum alpinum; Salix; Ursus arctos; Willow

Indexed keywords

BETULA GLANDULOSA; BETULA NANA; HEDYSARUM; HEDYSARUM ALPINUM; SALIX; SALIX FARRIAE; SALIX GLAUCA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33750944713     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2006)17[124:GBUOPH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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