Ecological plasticity of denning chronology by American black bears and brown bears

Ecological plasticity may index the capacity of individuals, populations, and species to respond to stochasticity. Few studies have demonstrated mechanisms influencing expression of plasticity and less have addressed proximate and causal mechanisms at multiple scales. We used linear models and meta-...

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Main Authors: Nicholas L. Fowler, Jerrold L. Belant, Guiming Wang, Bruce D. Leopold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989419303385