American black bear nuisance complaints and hunter take

Ursus

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-42

  Treves, Adrian ^a   Kapp, Kirsten J ^a,b   MacFarland, David M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology ^*  (United States)

^c Bureau of Science Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal damage; Bears; Carnivores; Depredation; Harvest; Humanwildlife conflict; Hunting; Ursus americanus; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 77952172569     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/09GR012.1     Document Type: Article

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