Sampling considerations for American black and brown bear home range and habitat use

Ursus

Volumn 13, Issue , 2001, Pages 299-315

  Belant, Jerrold L ^a   Follmann, Erich H ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; American black bear; Brown bear; Fixed kernel; Global positioning system; GPS; Habitat use; Home range; Minimum convex polygon; Radio telemetry; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544238809     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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