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Suggested means of citing this document
Herrero, Stephen (editor). 2005. Biology, demography, ecology and management of
grizzly bears in and around Banff National Park and Kananaskis Country: The final report of the Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project. Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Suggested means of citing chapters or sections of this document
S. Stevens, and M. Gibeau. 2005. Research methods regarding capture, handling
and telemetry. Pages 17-19 in S. Herrero, editor. Biology, demography, ecology and management of grizzly bears in and around Banff National Park and Kananaskis Country: The final report of the Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project. Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Note: some large chapters have been divided to keep file size manageable for downloading.
Chapter
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Title
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Pages
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File Size |
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Front Cover, How to
Cite, Title
Page,
Dedication, Supporters, Contributors, Preface |

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8 |
288 KB |
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Abstract (Summary) |
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12 |
117 KB |
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Table of Contents +
List of Figures and Tables |
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7 |
89 KB |
Chapter 1 |
The Eastern Slopes
Grizzly Bear Project and science-based Grizzly Bear Conservation |
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10 |
429 KB |
Chapter 2 |
Study Areas |
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6 |
579 KB |
Chapter 3 |
Research Methods
regarding Capture, Handling and Telemetry |
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3 |
152 KB |
Chapter 4 |
Grizzly Bear Capture
Success and Morphology |
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4 |
140 KB |
Chapter 5 |
Population Characteristics
Section 1 Grizzly Bear Demographics in and around Banff
National Park and Kananaskis Country, Alberta
Section 2 Grizzly Bear Demographics in and around Banff
National Park and Kananaskis Country — Postscript for 2003-2004
Section 3 Grizzly Bear Population Density Estimates within
the Central Rockies Ecosystem
Section 4 The Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project’s
Population Viability Assessment for the Central Rockies Ecosystem |
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32 |
633 KB |
Chapter 6 |
Additional Grizzly Bear Mortality Analyses
Section 1 Introduction
Section 2 Mortality of Grizzly Bears in the Bow River
Watershed
Section 3 Grizzly Bear Mortality and Human Access in Banff
and Yoho National Parks, 1972-98 |
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16 |
443 KB |
Chapter 6
(cont.) |
Additional Grizzly Bear Mortality Analyses (cont.)
Section 4 Grizzly Bear Mortality and Human Access in the
Central Rockies Ecosystem of Alberta and British Columbia,
1972/1976-2002 |
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22 |
800 KB |
Chapter 6
(cont.) |
Additional Grizzly Bear Mortality Analyses (cont.)
Section 5 Modelling the spatial Distribution of human-caused
Grizzly Bear Mortalities in the Central Rockies Ecosystem of Canada |
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16 |
560 KB |
Chapter 6
(cont.) |
Additional Grizzly Bear Mortality Analyses (cont.)
Section 6 Spatial and temporal Analysis of human-caused
Grizzly Bear Mortalities and their Density in the Central Rockies
Ecosystem, 1972/78-2002 |
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14 |
1.6 MB |
Chapter 7 |
East Slopes Grizzly
Bear Fragmentation based on genetic Analyses |
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8 |
494 KB |
Chapter 8 |
Nutritional and hormonal Status of some
Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project Bears and possible Links to low
reproductive Output
Section 1 Nutritional and Hormonal Status of some Eastern
Slopes Grizzly Bear Project Bears and possible Links to low
reproductive Output
Section 2 Study Area and Trapping Location
Section 3 Comparison of select Health Data between the
Eastern Slopes (ESGBP) and the Foothills Model Forest Grizzly Bear
Projects (FMFGBP)
Section 4 Diet of some Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project
Bears as determined using stable Isotope Analysis |
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10 |
165 KB |
Chapter 9 |
Home Range Analysis |
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10 |
1.8 MB |
Chapter
10 |
Resource Selection by Female Grizzly Bears
Section 1 Context to Resource Selection Models for female
Grizzly Bears in the Eastern Slopes based on coarse-filter and
fine-filter approaches
Section 2 Greenness and Security for female Grizzly Bears |
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8 |
1.7 MB |
Chapter
10 (cont.) |
Resource Selection by Female Grizzly Bears (cont.)
Section 3 Resource Selection by female Grizzly Bears with
Consideration to heterogeneous Landscape Pattern and Scale
Section 4 Comparison of Results regarding Resource Selection
Models for female Grizzly Bears in the Eastern Slopes based on
coarse-filter and fine-filter Approaches |
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20 |
800 KB |
Chapter
11 |
Grizzly Bear Response
to Human Use |
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12 |
266 KB |
Chapter
12 |
Habitat Effectiveness
and Security Area Analysis |
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7 |
487 KB |
Chapter
13 |
Implications of
historical, current, and likely future Trajectories of human
Landuses and Population Growth to Grizzly Bears in the Alberta
Portion of the CRE |
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22 |
2.7 MB |
Chapter
14 |
Denning |
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3 |
196 KB |
Chapter
15 |
Management
Recommendations: Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project Final Report |
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16 |
307 KB |
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Publications,
Afterword, Appendices, Image Credits |
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6 |
54 KB |