Trends in intensive management of Alaska's grizzly bears, 1980-2010

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1243-1252

  Miller, Sterling D ^a   Schoen, John W ^b,c   Faro, Jim ^c   Klein, David R ^d  

^a National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

^b Audubon Alaska   (United States)

^c Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; brown bears; grizzly bears; hunting; intensive management; moose; predation; predator control; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALASKA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

ALCES ALCES; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 79960757742     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.186     Document Type: Review

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