Study design and sampling intensity for demographic analyses of bear populations

Ursus

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-36

  Harris, Richard B ^a   Schwartz, Charles C ^b   Mace, Richard D ^c   Haroldson, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; demographic analysis; grizzly bear; lambda; rate of increase; sample size; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos; variability

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 79960383656     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/URSUS-D-10-00028.1     Document Type: Article

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