Integrated population modeling of black bears in minnesota: Implications for monitoring and management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Fieberg, John R ^a,b   Shertzer, Kyle W ^c   Conn, Paul B ^c   Noyce, Karen V ^b   Garshelis, David L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOSTATISTICS; BLACK BEAR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HARVEST; POPULATION MODEL; SURVIVAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; AGE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; MALE; MINNESOTA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; URSIDAE;

EID: 77957878339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012114     Document Type: Article

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