Home ranges in adult Scandinavian brown bears (Ursus arctos): Effect of mass, sex, reproductive category, population density and habitat type

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 260, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-335

  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; Home range size; Population density; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

SCANDINAVIA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0038040352     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903003753     Document Type: Article

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