Conservation of brown bear in the Alps: Space use and settlement behavior of reintroduced bears

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 189-197

  Preatoni, Damiano ^a   Mustoni, Andrea ^b   Martinoli, Adriano ^a   Carlini, Eugenio ^b   Chiarenzi, Barbara ^b   Chiozzini, Simonetta ^b   Van Dongen, Stefan ^c   Wauters, Luc A ^a   Tosi, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b Brown Bear Research and Conservation Group   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Conservation; Home range; Italian Alps; Reintroduction; Space use; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 29144438037     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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