Effects of wildfire on black bear demographics in central Arizona

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 928-937

  Cunningham, Stan C ^a,c,d   Ballard, Warren B ^b,e,f,g,h  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h Wildlife Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Age ratio; Arizona; Black bear; Chaparral; Density; Fire; Home range; Madrean evergreen forest; Reproduction; Sex ratio; Sky island; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BEAR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARIZONA; MAZATZAL MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 7544242641     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[0928:EOWOBB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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