Home range, movement and activity patterns, and bedding sites of Malayan sun bears Helarctos malayanus in the Rainforest of Borneo

Biological Conservation

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-181

  Te Wong, Siewe ^a   Servheen, Christopher W ^a   Ambu, Laurentius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Beds; Borneo; Home range; Malayan sun bear; Movement patterns

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEAR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RAINFOREST;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA; ULU SEGAMA FOREST RESERVE;

FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HELARCTOS MALAYANUS;

EID: 2942733622     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.10.029     Document Type: Article

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