Third International Conference on Bears Paper 7 Fishing Behaviour of Alaska Brown Bear

Each summer 60 to 80 brown bears (Ursus arctos) congregate at McNeil River Falls, located 320 km southwest of Anchorage on the Alaska Peninsula, to fish for migrating chum salmon Oncorhyncus keta. The falls impede upstream movement making salmon vulnerable to bears. As many a s 25 bears may fish

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael H. Luque, Allen W. Stokes
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Anchorage
Keta
Ursus arctos
Alaska
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.515.7888
http://www.bearbiology.com/fileadmin/tpl/Downloads/URSUS/Vol_3/Luque_Stokes_Vol_3.pdf
Description
Summary:Each summer 60 to 80 brown bears (Ursus arctos) congregate at McNeil River Falls, located 320 km southwest of Anchorage on the Alaska Peninsula, to fish for migrating chum salmon Oncorhyncus keta. The falls impede upstream movement making salmon vulnerable to bears. As many a s 25 bears may fish

Similar Items