The diet of brown bears Ursus arctos in central Scandinavia: Effect of access to free-ranging domestic sheep Ovis aries

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 147-158

  Dahle, Bjørn ^a   Sørensen, Ole J ^b   Wedul, Egil H ^c   Swenson, Jon E ^d   Sandegren, Finn ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Nord Trøndelag College   (Norway)

^c ØStre Åsta   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e Swedish Hunters' Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Correction factors; Diet; Domestic sheep; Norway; Sweden; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; CICERBITA ALPINA; CIRSIUM; EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYRTILLUS; OVIS ARIES; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SONCHUS OLERACEUS; UNGULATA; URSUS ARCTOS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031688793     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1998.017     Document Type: Article

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