Using electric fences to reduce Asiatic black bear depredation in Nagano prefecture, central Japan

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 959-964

  Huygens, Oscar C ^a   Hayashi, Hidetake ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal damage; Asiatic black bear; Aversive conditioning; Depredation; Electric fences; Japan; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEAR; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 0343340079     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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