Seed dispersal by Brown Bears, Ursus arctos, in Southeastern Alaska

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-503

  Willson, Mary F ^a   Gende, Scott M ^b  

^a Glacier Bay Field Station ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown Bears; Fleshy fruits; Oplopanax; Ribes; Rubus; Seed dispersal; Southeastern Alaska; Streptopus; Ursus arctos; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

BEAR; FRUIT; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; OPLOPANAX; RIBES; RIBES HUDSONIANUM; RUBUS; STREPTOPUS; URSUS ARCTOS; VACCINIUM;

EID: 33644967228     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i4.53     Document Type: Article

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