Probable grizzly bear predation on an American black bear in Yellowstone national park

Ursus

Volumn 13, Issue , 2001, Pages 372-374

  Gunther, Kerry A ^a   Biel, Mark J ^a   Anderson, Neil ^b   Waits, Lisette ^c  

^a YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Grizzly bear; Interspecific killing; Predation; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos; Yellowstone national park

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549116190     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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