Grizzly bears and forestry: II. Distribution of grizzly bear foods in clearcuts of west-central Alberta, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-82

  Nielsen, S E ^a   Munro, R H M ^b   Bainbridge, E L ^c   Stenhouse, G B ^d   Boyce, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b T7V 1X6 ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Forestry; Fruit; Good; Grizzly bear; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEXATION; DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

FRUIT PRODUCTION; HERBACEOUS MATERIALS; UNGULATE PELLETS;

ECOLOGY;

BEAR; CLEARCUTTING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORESTRY; HABITAT USE; SILVICULTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEX COMPOUNDS; DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; SCARIFICATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; EQUISETUM; FORMICIDAE; HEDYSARUM; HERACLEUM; HERACLEUM LANATUM; IDAEA; SHEPHERDIA; SHEPHERDIA CANADENSIS; TARAXACUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TRIFOLIUM; UNGULATA; URSUS ARCTOS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CAESPITOSUM; VACCINIUM MEMBRANACEUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLOIDES; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 4444272367     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.04.015     Document Type: Article

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