Status of wild andean bears and policies for their management

Ursus

Volumn 10, Issue , 1998, Pages 87-100

  Peyton, Bernard ^a   Yerena, Edgard ^b   Rumiz, Damian Ignacio ^c   Jorgenson, Jeffrey ^c   Orejuela, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Apartado 68409 Altamira   (Venezuela)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Pontificia Universidad Javeriana ^*  (Colombia)

Author keywords

Andean bear; Andes; Conservation; Policy; South America; Status; Threats; Tremarctos oniatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041850809     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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