Denning chronology of black bears in eastern rocky mountain national park, Colorado

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-54

  Baldwin, Roger A ^a,b   Bender, Louis C ^a,c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UC Kearney Agricultual Center   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Colorado; Denning chronology; NDVI; Precipitation; Temperature; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 77952563770     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.070.0106     Document Type: Article

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