Food habits of American black bears as a metric for direct management of humanbear conflict in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California

Ursus

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-101

  Greenleaf, Schuyler S ^a   Matthews, Sean M ^b   Wright, R Gerald ^a   Beecham, John J ^c   Leithead, H Malia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Beringia South   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; California; Food habits; Habituation; Humanbear conflict; Non native vegetation; Tourism; Ursus americanus; Yosemite National Park; Yosemite Valley

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 71749086695     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/08GR027.1     Document Type: Article

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