Estimating population growth of grizzly bears from the Flathead River drainage using computer simulations of reproduction and survival rates

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Hovey, Frederick W., McLellan, Bruce N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1996
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; North Fork; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z96-156; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z96-156

Using survival and reproduction data obtained from radio-tracking 23 adult female, 24 subadult female, 49 yearling, and 44 cub grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in the Flathead River drainage of British Columbia and Montana, we estimated the finite rate of population increase [Formula: see text] from 197...