Use of multi-state models to explore relationships between changes in body condition, habitat and survival of grizzly bears Ursus arctos horribilis

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 274-288

  Boulanger, John ^a   Cattet, Marc ^b   Nielsen, Scott E ^c   Stenhouse, Gord ^d   Cranston, Jerome ^e  

^a Integrated Ecological Research   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Foothills Research Institute   (Canada)

^e Arctos Ecological Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body condition; Grizzly bears; Habitat; Health; Live capture effects; Mark recapture; Multi state models; Program MARK; Sample dropout; Survival analysis; Ursus arctos horribilis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886606066     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/12-088     Document Type: Article

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