An integrated satellite technique to evaluate grizzly bear habitat use

Ursus

Volumn 10, Issue , 1998, Pages 187-201

  Craighead, Derek J ^a  

^a Craighead Wildl Wildlands Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Grizzly bear; Habitat selection; Home range; Satellite telemetry; Ursus arctos horribilis; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544222950     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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