Effects of hunting on demographic parameters of American black bears

Ursus

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Czetwertynski, Sophie M ^a   Boyce, Mark S ^a   Schmiegelow, Fiona K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; American black bear; Body condition; Cub mortality; Density dependence; Hunting; Sexually selected infanticide; Ursus americanus; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 34347204099     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2007)18[1:EOHODP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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