American black bear predation of an adult white-tailed deer

Ursus

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-94

  Svoboda, Nathan J ^a   Belant, Jerrold L ^a   Beyer, Dean E ^b   Duquette, Jared F ^a   Stricker, Heather K ^a   Albright, Craig A ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Michigan; Odocoileus virginianus; predation; ungulate; Ursus americanus; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; UNGULATA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 79960357017     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/URSUS-D-10-00024.1     Document Type: Article

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