Relationship between changes in beechnut production and asiatic black bears in northern Japan

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 979-986

  Oka, Teruki ^a   Miura, Shingo ^a,c   Masaki, Takashi ^a,d   Suzuki, Wajiro ^a   Osumi, Katsuhiro ^a   Saitoh, Shoichi ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Yamagata Pref Forest Res I   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Agric Forest/Fish Res Council   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bear warning system; Beechnut production; Human bear conflict; Hunting pressure; Mast; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 12144263284     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0979:RBCIBP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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