Stable isotopes to detect food-conditioned bears and to evaluate human-bear management

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 703-713

  Hopkins III, John B ^a   Koch, Paul L ^b   Schwartz, Charles C ^c   Ferguson, Jake M ^d   Greenleaf, Schuyler S ^e   Kalinowski, Steven T ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

black bear; carbon isotope; hair; human bear management; IsotopeR; mixing model; nitrogen isotope; noninvasive sampling; stable isotope; Ursus americanus; Yosemite National Park

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DIET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HAIR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 84860122326     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.318     Document Type: Article

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