Managing for grizzly bear security areas in Banff National Park and the Central Canadian Rocky Mountains

Ursus

Volumn 12, Issue , 2000, Pages 121-130

  Gibeau, Michael L ^a   Herrero, Stephen ^a   Mclellan, Bruce N ^b   Woods, John G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Banff national park; British columbia; Canadian rocky mountains; Foraging radius; Fragmentation; Grizzly bear; Habitat; Home range; Security areas; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449122558     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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