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An Analysis Of Trees Marked By Black Bears In The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Thomas L. Burst
An Analysis Of Trees Marked By Black Bears In The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Thomas L. Burst
Masters Theses
With the study area for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 691 black bear (Ursus americanus) mark trees were located. Mark trees along 135 km of preselected index trails were tagged, physiognomic parameters around the trees measured, and characteristics of the tree and mark recorded. Trees along the index trails were reobserved periodically from April to December, 1976-1977, to monitor fresh marking. Additional mark trees located away from manmade trails were characterized and classified as to their position on the slope. Multivariate analyses on an around mark tree were attempted to further delineate the relationship between environmental parameters …