Demography and genetic structure of a recovering grizzly bear population

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-16

  Kendall, Katherine C ^a   Stetz, Jeffrey B ^b   Boulanger, John ^c   Macleod, Amy C ^b   Paetkau, David ^d   White, Gary C ^e  

^a Glacier National Park   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Integrated Ecological Research   (Canada)

^d WILDLIFE GENETICS INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Genetic structure; Grizzly bear; Mark recapture modeling; Noninvasive sampling; Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem; Northwestern Montana; Population monitoring; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TELEMETRY;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 56649107504     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-330     Document Type: Article

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