Are the same bears repeatedly translocated from corn crops in Wisconsin?

Ursus

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-119

  Shivik, John A ^a   Ruid, David ^b   Willging, Robert C ^b   Mock, Karen E ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; corn; crop; damage; genetics; translocation; Ursus americanus; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655183639     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/URSUS-D-10-00031.1     Document Type: Article

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