Grizzly bears and forestry. I: Road vegetation and placement as an attractant to grizzly bears

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1253-1261

  Roever, C L ^a   Boyce, M S ^a   Stenhouse, G B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Foothills Model Forest   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Grizzly bear; Roads; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CANNING; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD PRESERVATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; PELLETIZING; ROADSIDES; SOIL MOISTURE; TIMBER;

ALBERTA; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST STANDS; GRIZZLY BEAR; GROWING DEMAND; IN PLANTS; ROAD DEVELOPMENT; ROADS; ROADSIDE DITCHES; VEGETATION;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ANT; BEAR; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONNECTIVITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC ACCESS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING; VEGETATION COVER;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GROUND WATER; MAMMALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; MORTALITY; PELLETING; PLANTS; PRESERVATION; ROADS; SOIL; WATER;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; CAREX; EQUISETUM; FORMICIDAE; SHEPHERDIA CANADENSIS; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TRIFOLIUM; UNGULATA; URSUS ARCTOS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLOIDES; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITACEAE;

EID: 49749086874     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.040     Document Type: Article

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