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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	Title		Pages	File Size
	Front Cover, How to Cite, Title Page, Dedication, Supporters, Contributors, Preface		8	288 KB
	Abstract (Summary)		12	117 KB
	Table of Contents + List of Figures and Tables		7	89 KB
Chapter 1	The Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project and science-based Grizzly Bear Conservation		10	429 KB
Chapter 2	Study Areas		6	579 KB
Chapter 3	Research Methods regarding Capture, Handling and Telemetry		3	152 KB
Chapter 4	Grizzly Bear Capture Success and Morphology		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		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		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		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		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		14	1.6 MB
Chapter 7	East Slopes Grizzly Bear Fragmentation based on genetic Analyses		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		10	165 KB
Chapter 9	Home Range Analysis		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		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		20	800 KB
Chapter 11	Grizzly Bear Response to Human Use		12	266 KB
Chapter 12	Habitat Effectiveness and Security Area Analysis		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		22	2.7 MB
Chapter 14	Denning		3	196 KB
Chapter 15	Management Recommendations: Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project Final Report		16	307 KB
	Publications, Afterword, Appendices, Image Credits		6	54 KB

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