Seasonal migrations of black bears (Ursus americanus): Causes and consequences

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 823-835

  Noyce, Karen V ^a   Garshelis, David L ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit trade offs; Food abundance; Hunting mortality; Oak mast; Reproductive threshold; Seasonal movements

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BIOTELEMETRY; BODY MASS; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HIBERNATION; HOME RANGE; HUNTING; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEASONALITY; SEED; TRADE-OFF;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 79952738790     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1086-x     Document Type: Article

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