American black bear habitat selection in northern Lower Peninsula, Michigan, USA, using discrete-choice modeling

Ursus

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-71

  Carter, Neil H ^a   Brown, Daniel G ^a   Etter, Dwayne R ^b   Visser, Larry G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Bayesian; Discrete choice; Habitat modeling; Habitat selection; Michigan; Northern Lower Peninsula; Random effects; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

POPULUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 77952133945     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/09GR011.1     Document Type: Article

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