Factors influencing home-range size of female Florida black bears

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 468-476

  Moyer, Melissa A ^a   McCown, J Walter ^b   Oli, Madan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida black bear; Home range; Kernel density method; Minimum convex polygon; Space use; Ursus americanus floridanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; FEMALE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HOME RANGE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONALITY; SPACE USE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; OCALA NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 34248393061     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-165R1.1     Document Type: Article

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