Buffaloberry [Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt.] fruit production in fire-successional bear feeding sites.

• Main Author: Hamer, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Rangeland Ecology & Management / Journal of Range Management Archives 1996
• Subjects: Shepherdia;fruits;natural regeneration;habitats;ecological succession;fires;fire effects;Alberta;Ursus arctos;Ursus americanus;slope;prescribed burning;soil water content;shrubs;wildlife management;canopy;plant height;altitude; Nutt; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jrm/article/view/9162

Buffaloberry [Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt.] fruits are the usual late-summer food for bears (Ursus spp.) in the Front Ranges of Banff National Park, but little is known about the effect of fire or other factors on fruit production. I assessed the association between fruit production (fruits m-2...