Systematic collection of bear-human interaction information for Alaska's national parks

Ursus

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-216

  Wilder, James M ^a,b,c   Debruyn, Terry D ^a   Smith, Tom S ^b   Southwould, Angie ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; American black bear; Bear human interaction; Brown bear; Database; GIS; Lake clark national park; National parks; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 37749020373     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2007)18[209:SCOBII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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