Population-level resource selection by sympatric brown and American black bears in Alaska

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-40

  Belant, Jerrold L ^a   Griffith, Brad ^b   Zhang, Yingte ^b   Follmann, Erich H ^b   Adams, Layne G ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; American black bear; Brown bear; Interspecific competition; Resource selection; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PATCHINESS; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPAWNING; SYMPATRY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 77949773493     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0682-6     Document Type: Article

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