Characteristics of a Central Arizona Black Bear Population
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Wildlife Management
- Vol. 46 (4) , 861-868
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3808218
Abstract
A demographic study of black bears (U. americanus) was conducted in the Four Peaks area of central Arizona from 1973-1978. Fifty-five bears were captured 100 times during the study. Population estimates indicated a density of 1 bear/3.0 km2 on the 120-km2 study area. Of the population, 71% were adults, with an average age of 8.1 yr. Population density was apparently limited by habitat quality, with nutrition, subadult dispersal and cannibalism of younger bears by resident adults contributing to the regulation of bear numbers.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Arizona System for Natural and Potential Vegetation: Illustrated Summary through the Fifth Digit for the North American SouthwestJournal of the Arizona Academy of Science, 1974
- Age Determination of Black Bears by Cementum LayersThe Journal of Wildlife Management, 1966