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Caloric Production Of Black Bear Foods In Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Robert Michael Inman
Caloric Production Of Black Bear Foods In Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Robert Michael Inman
Masters Theses
Understanding energetic potential of habitat patches is important for management designed to provide adequate habitat for wildlife species. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) has a high density of black bears that have been studied intensively from 1968-1997; habitats within the Park are relatively undisturbed, and similar vegetative cover types can be found throughout the southern Appalachian mountains. Black bear reproduction in the Park has been correlated to hard mast production, however little work has been done to assess the importance of soft mast. Geographic Information System (GIS) based habitat use models have been developed for bears in the Park, …