Black bear use of seismic lines in Northern Canada

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 282-292

  Tigner, Jesse ^a,b   Bayne, Erin M ^a   Boutin, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Explor   (Canada)

Author keywords

behavior; boreal; Canada; energy sector; Rangifer tarandus caribou; seismic line; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WOODLAND;

CANADA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU; UNGULATA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 84895078883     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.664     Document Type: Article

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