Characteristics of nonsport mortalities to brown and black bears and human injuries from bears in Alaska

Ursus

Volumn 11, Issue , 1999, Pages 239-252

  Miller, Sterling D ^a,b   Tutterrow, V Leigh ^a,c  

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

^b National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bear attacks; Black bear; Brown bear; Human deaths; Human injuries; Hunting; Mortality; Nonsport mortalities; Nuisance bears; Population sinks; Property damage; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149162440     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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