Grizzly bear behavior and global positioning system collar fix rates

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 596-602

  Heard, Douglas C ^a   Ciarniello, Lana M ^b,d   Seip, Dale R ^c  

^a Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Behavior; Global Positioning System collar fix rates; Grizzly bears; Microhabitat use; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEAR; BEHAVIOR; CANOPY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GPS; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 42149133122     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-175     Document Type: Article

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