Population fragmentation of grizzly bears in southeastern British Columbia, Canada

Ursus

Volumn 13, Issue , 2001, Pages 153-160

  Proctor, Michael ^a   McLellan, Bruce N ^b   Strobeck, Curtis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Dispersal; DNA; Grizzly bear; Microsatellites; Population fragmentation; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549121343     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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