Reproductive Ecology of American Black Bears in the Alleghany Mountains of Virginia, USA

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1137-1144

  Bridges, Andrew S ^a   Vaughan, Michael R ^b   Fox, Josephine A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; cub; nutrition; primiparity; reproduction; synchrony; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; FORECASTING METHOD; INDEX METHOD; LITTER SIZE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SYNCHRONY; TRAPPING;

ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS; APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 79959736425     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.148     Document Type: Article

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