Brown bears selectively kill salmon with higher energy content but only in habitats that facilitate choice

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 518-528

  Gende, Scott M ^a,b   Quinn, Thomas P ^c   Hilborn, Ray ^c   Hendry, Andrew P ^d   Dickerson, Bobette ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; SALMONID; STREAM;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

ONCORHYNCHUS; SALMONIDAE; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1042301091     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12762.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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