Seasonal range size in relation to reproductive strategies in brown bears Ursus arctos

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 660-667

  Dahle, Bjørn ^a,b   Swenson, Jon E ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown 'bear; Infanticide avoidance; Reproductive status; Seasonal home range size; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; INFANTICIDE; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEASONALITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

URSUS ARCTOS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037706974     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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