Effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Louisiana black bear habitat

Ursus

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-205

  Murrow, Jennifer L ^a   Clark, Joseph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

forest; habitat modeling; Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Rita; Louisiana black bear; Mahalanobis distance; Ursus americanus luteolus; wetland

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS AMERICANUS LUTEOLUS;

EID: 84872709871     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/URSUS-D-11-00032.1     Document Type: Article

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