Estimating grizzly and black bear population abundance and trend in Banff National Park using noninvasive genetic sampling.

Estimating grizzly and black bear population abundance and trend in Banff National Park using noninvasive genetic sampling.

We evaluated the potential of two noninvasive genetic sampling methods, hair traps and bear rub surveys, to estimate population abundance and trend of grizzly (Ursus arctos) and black bear (U. americanus) populations in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Using Huggins closed population mark-recap...

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Main Authors: Michael A Sawaya, Jeffrey B Stetz, Anthony P Clevenger, Michael L Gibeau, Steven T Kalinowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3342321?pdf=render

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