Success of grizzly bear population augmentation in northwest Montana

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1261-1266

  Kasworm, Wayne F ^a   Proctor, Michael F ^b,e   Servheen, Christopher ^c   Paetkau, David ^d  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE GENETICS INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Cabinet Mountains; Genetics; Grizzly bear; Montana; Population augmentation; Reproductive success; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; POPULATION ESTIMATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE FIDELITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CABINET MOUNTAINS; CANADA; IDAHO; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 53949104002     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-266     Document Type: Article

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