Assessing the viability of Scandinavian brown bear, Ursus arctos, populations: The effects of uncertain parameter estimates

Oikos

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 403-416

  Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a,b   Engen, Steinar ^a   Swenson, Jon E ^b   Bakke, Øyvind ^a   Sandegren, Finn ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Swedish Hunters' Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0031742509     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546856     Document Type: Conference Paper

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