Impact of disturbance characteristics and age on grizzly bear habitat selection

Applied Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 614-625

  Stewart, Benjamin P ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn A ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b   Nielsen, Scott E ^c   Stenhouse, Gordon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Foothills Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Conditional randomization; Forest disturbance; Grizzly bear; Landsat; Tasselled cap transformation

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84860224157     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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