Spatial analysis of factors influencing long-term stress in the grizzly bear (ursus arctos) population of alberta, canada

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Bourbonnais, Mathieu L ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn A ^a   Cattet, Marc R L ^b   Darimont, Chris T ^a   Stenhouse, Gordon B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Foothills Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HAIR; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; URSIDAE;

EID: 84893542751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083768     Document Type: Article

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