Contrasting activity patterns of sympatric and allopatric black and grizzly bears

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1628-1638

  Schwartz, Charles C ^a   Cain, Steven L ^b   Podruzny, Shannon ^a   Cherry, Steve ^c   Frattaroli, Leslie ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

activity budget; American black bear; brown bear; encounters; Global Positioning System (GPS); intra guild predation; national park; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ALLOPATRY; BEAR; CONVERGENCE; GPS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; MORTALITY; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SYMPATRY;

NORTH AMERICA;

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 78149444797     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-571     Document Type: Article

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