Geographic expansion of an increasing brown bear population: Evidence for presaturation dispersal

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 819-826

  Swenson, Jon E ^a   Sandegren, Finn ^b   Söderberg, Arne ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Swedish Hunters' Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Population expansion; Presaturation dispersal; Sweden; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DISPERSAL; RANGE EXPANSION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

SWEDEN;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0031697068     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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