Intraspecific predation in Scandinavian brown bears older than cubs-of-the-year

Ursus

Volumn 12, Issue , 2000, Pages 81-92

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

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Research Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Intraspecific predation; Management; Population dynamics; Sweden; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038181278     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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