DNA-based population demographics of black bears in coastal north Carolina and Virginia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1031-1039

  Tredick, Catherine A ^a   Vaughan, Michael R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; density estimates; markrecapture; National Wildlife Refuges; noninvasive genetic sampling; population estimates; sex ratios; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BUFFER ZONE; CARRYING CAPACITY; COASTAL ZONE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; REFUGE; SEX RATIO;

ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ALLIGATOR; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 77954525761     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-075     Document Type: Article

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