Diet and feeding habits of Asiatic black bears in the Northern Japanese Alps

Ursus

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 236-245

  Huygens, Oscar C ^a   Miyashita, Toshiro ^a   Dahle, Bjørn ^b   Carr, Meghan ^c   Izumiyama, Shigeyuki ^d   Sugawara, Takashi ^a   Hayashi, Hidetake ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d Wildlife Management Office Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpine zone; Asiatic black bear; Bear diet; Bear movements; Broadleaf forest; Elevational shifts; Food habits; Japan; Northern japanese alps; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646013252     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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