Identifying mechanisms of population change in two threatened grizzly bear populations

• Main Author: Michelle McLellan
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Population Ecology; Terrestrial Ecology; Small populations; Population trends; Vital Rates; Resource Selection Functions; Spatial capture-recapture; Ursus arctos; Habitat; School: School of Biological Sciences; 060207 Population Ecology; 060208 Terrestrial Ecology; 960805 Flora; Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales; 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora; Fauna and Biodiversity; 960810 Mountain and High Country Flora; Degree Discipline: Conservation Biology; Degree Level: Doctoral; Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy; British Columbia; Canada
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.17145731.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Identifying_mechanisms_of_population_change_in_two_threatened_grizzly_bear_populations/17145731

Identifying the mechanisms causing population change is essential for conserving small and declining populations. Substantial range contraction of many carnivore species has resulted in fragmented global populations with numerous small isolates in need of conservation. Here I investigate the rate an...