Interactions between black bears and forest management
Black bears and forest management interact in complex ways... management influences bear populations through alteration of habitat, and bears influence forest structure through their foraging activities. Your paper should explore both aspects of these interactions.
Your paper should cite the following papers and a minimum of 5 others:
Russell,
W. H., K. Carnell, and J. R. McBride. 2001.
Black bear (Ursus americanus Pallas) feeding damage across timber
harvest edges in Northern California coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens (D.
Don) Endl.) forests, USA. Natural Areas Journal 21:324-329.
Vander
Heyden, M., and E. C. Meslow. 1999.
Habitat selection by female black bears in the central Cascades of
Oregon. Northwest Science 73:283-294.