Effects of exploitation on black bear populations at white river national wildlife refuge

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1448-1456

  Clark, Joseph D ^a   Eastridge, Rick ^b,c   Hooker, Michael J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION   (United States)

^c United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

abundance; black bear; DNA; population growth; robust design; Ursus americanus; White River

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; EXPLOITATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAIR; HUNTING; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; REFUGE; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION; TRAPPING;

ARKANSAS; UNITED STATES; WHITE RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 77956202913     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-529     Document Type: Article

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