Applicability of the point-frame method for quantitative evaluation of bear diet

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 311-316

  Sato, Yoshikazu ^a   Mano, Tsutomu ^b   Takatsuki, Seiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Diet; Gravimetric method; Japan; Point frame method; Stomach contents; Ursus arctos; Volumetric method

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DIET; METHODOLOGY; STOMACH CONTENT;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0033945256     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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