Denning behaviour of Scandinavian brown bears Ursus arctos

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-132

  Manchi, Sabrina ^a   Swenson, Jon E ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Den; Den area fidelity; Denning ecology; Sweden; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 21244491168     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2005)11[123:DBOSBB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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