Movements, activity patterns and home range of a female brown bear (Ursus arctos, L.) in the Rodopi Mountain Range, Greece

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-221

  Mertzanis, Yorgos ^a   Ioannis, Isaak ^a   Mavridis, Avraam ^b   Nikolaou, Olga ^c   Riegler, Suzanne ^a   Riegler, Armin ^a   Tragos, Athanasios ^a  

^a CALLISTO NGO   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Brown bear; Greece; Home range; Movements; Rodopi; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEAR; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHODOPE MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 31944433135     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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