Quantifying grizzly bear selection of natural and anthropogenic edges

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 957-964

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Foothills Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; anthropogenic disturbance; conditional randomization; edge; grizzly bear; habitat selection; resource selection function; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; EDGE EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SEASONALITY; SHRUB;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84879569746     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.535     Document Type: Article

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