Oil and gas infrastructure and the spatial pattern of grizzly bear habitat selection in Alberta, Canada

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-94

  Laberee, Karen ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn A ^a   Stewart, Benjamin P ^a   McKay, Tracy ^b   Stenhouse, Gordon B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Foothills Research Institute Grizzly Bear Program   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alberta; grizzly bear; habitat selection; oil and gas development; spatial pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAS PRODUCTION; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; OIL PRODUCTION; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84896101488     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cag.12066     Document Type: Article

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