Frequency and distribution of highway crossings by Kenai Peninsula brown bears

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 800-808

  Graves, Tabitha A ^a   Farley, Sean ^b   Servheen, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Brown bear; Highway; Kenai Peninsula; Movement; Radiotelemetry; Spatial models; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKA; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33751216853     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[800:FADOHC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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