Prioritizing sites for protection and restoration for grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in southwestern Alberta, Canada

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Braid, Andrew C R ^a   Nielsen, Scott E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BROWN BEAR; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INTAKE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; ALBERTA; ANIMAL; BEAR; CATERING SERVICE; ECOSYSTEM; PROCEDURES; SEASON;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FOOD SUPPLY; SEASONS; URSIDAE;

EID: 84940703441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132501     Document Type: Article

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