Integrated Population Modeling of Black Bears in Minnesota: Implications for Monitoring and Management

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John R. Fieberg ,

* E-mail: john.fieberg@state.mn.us

Affiliations Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Biometrics Unit, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Forest Lake, Minnesota, United States of America
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Kyle W. Shertzer,

Affiliation Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America
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Paul B. Conn,

Affiliation Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America
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Karen V. Noyce,

Affiliation Forest Wildlife Populations and Research Group, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States of America
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David L. Garshelis

Affiliations Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Forest Wildlife Populations and Research Group, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States of America
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Reader Comments

Ignoring the superscripts and ('~' s), equation 2 should read:

C_t,a = N_t,aS_t,ah_t,a

Thanks to Jonathan Cummings for spotting this error.

No competing interests declared.

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