Habitat assessment of a relict brown bear Ursus arctos population in northern Spain

Biological Conservation

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Clevenger, Anthony P ^a,b   Purroy, Francisco J ^b   Campos, Miguel Angel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

bear sign; Cantabrian Mountains; conservation; habitat assessment; road density; travel corridors

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

BROWN BEAR; HABITAT SUITABILITY INDEX; ROAD DENSITY;

SPAIN, CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031107133     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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