Predicting spatial distribution of human-black bear interactions in urban areas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1121-1127

  Merkle, Jerod A ^a   Krausman, Paul R ^a   Decesare, Nicholas J ^a   Jonkel, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

black bear; conflicts; distribution modeling; human bear interactions; Montana; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AREA; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MISSOULA; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 79959755240     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.153     Document Type: Article

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