Spatial and dietary niche variation associated with diverse resource availability, competitive environment, and landscape heterogeneity; ecology and conservation of bear-salmon systems in coastal British Columbia

• Main Author: Service, Christina Nicole
• Other Authors: Darimont, Chris T.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: niche variation; stable isotope analysis; Spirit bear; grizzly bear; Ursus; black bear; British Columbia; Canada; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/10752

The niche concept provides a tractable measure of the ecological roles and requirements of organisms, which can inform our understanding of the patterns of biodiversity, and subsequently, direct conservation policy. Although niche is most commonly considered for species, variation nested within lowe...