Living with success: Research needs for an expanding brown bear population

Ursus

Volumn 10, Issue , 1998, Pages 17-23

  Swenson, Jon E ^a   Sandegren, Finn ^b   Bjãrvall, Anders ^c   Wabakken, Petter ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Swedish Hunters' Association   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Sweden)

^d Environmental Protection Division   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Norway; Population management; Sweden; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002026697     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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