A distance-based analysis of habitat selection by american black bears (Ursus americanus) on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1063-1076

  Obbard, Martyn E ^a   Coady, Melissa B ^a   Pond, Bruce A ^a   Schaefer, James A ^a   Burrows, Frank G ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CARNIVORE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MIXED FOREST; NATIONAL PARK; PERSISTENCE; STAND DYNAMICS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BRUCE PENINSULA; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

URSUS AMERICANUS;

ADULT FEMALES; BLACK BEAR; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTANCE-BASED; EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; MIXED FORESTS; NATIONAL PARKS; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; PROTECTED AREAS; SEASONAL HABITATS; SPATIAL SCALE;

ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; PARKS;

FORESTRY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; HARDWOODS;

EID: 78649289927     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-072     Document Type: Article

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