Dynamic wildlife habitat models: Seasonal foods and mortality risk predict occupancy-abundance and habitat selection in grizzly bears

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1623-1634

  Nielsen, Scott E ^a   McDermid, Greg ^b   Stenhouse, Gordon B ^c   Boyce, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Foothills Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Habitat deficit; Habitat quality; Habitat selection; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEAR; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MORTALITY RISK; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOURCE SELECTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 77954815165     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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