Brown bear use of ant mounds in Scandinavia

Ursus

Volumn 10, Issue , 1998, Pages 269-274

  Elgmork, Kåre ^a   Unander, Sigmund ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Vennesla Municipality ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Ant mounds; Ants; Behavior; Brown bear; Day beds; Dens; Food; Formicidae; Norway; Ursus arctos; Vassfaret

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001036220     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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