Estimates of brown bear abundance on Kodiak Island, Alaska

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Volumn 10, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-9

  Barnes Jr , Victor G ^a   Smith, Roger B ^b  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Brown bear; Density estimation; Kodiak island; Population estimation; Ursus arctos middendorffi

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846814888     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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