Differential Distribution of Brown Bears on Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska: A Preliminary Assessment

January 1, 1986

Differential Distribution of Brown Bears on Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska: A Preliminary Assessment

Twenty brown bears (Ursus arctos) radio-tracked on Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska for 2-13 months were not uniformly distributed during summer in lower-elevation tidal and riparian habitats. These findings differ from the assumption of uniform summer distribution. Our data suggest that a segment of the population remains in upper-elevation interior regions and does not use anadromous salmon (Onchorynchus spp.) streams during the summer.

Author(s) John W. Schoen and Jack W. Lentfer and Lavern Beier
Volume 6
Issue
Pages 1-5
Publication Date 1 January 1986
DOI 10.2307/3872798
File Size 311.31 KB
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