Effects of food distribution on the habitat usage of a female brown bear Ursus arctos yesoensis in a beech-forest zone of northernmost Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-217

  Nomura, Fuyuki ^a   Higashi, Seigo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beech forest; Brown bear; Food habits; Habitat usage; Home range; Ursus arctos yesoensis

Indexed keywords

BEAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SUPPLY; HABITAT USE;

JAPAN;

ANGELICA URSINA; HERACLEUM DULCE; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0034214026     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2000.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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