Larry E. Beeman, Michael R. Pelton, Homing of Black Bears in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Bears: Their Biology and Management, Vol. 3, A Selection of Papers from the Third International Conference on Bear Research and Management, Binghamton, New York, USA, and Moscow, U.S.S.R., June 1974. IUCN Publications New Series no. 40 (1976), pp. 87-95
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