Five-year study on the autumn food habits of the Asiatic black bear in relation to nut production

Ecological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 485-492

  Hashimoto, Yukihiko ^a,b   Kaji, Mikio ^a   Sawada, Haruo ^a   Takatsuki, Seiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; Chichibu Mountains; Food habits; Masting; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DIET; FECES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NUT;

JAPAN;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; FAGUS JAPONICA; JAPONICA; QUERCUS; URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141975418     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2003.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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