Andean bear management needs and interactions with humans in Colombia

Ursus

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 108-116

  Jorgenson, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Sandoval A, Sergio ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b Zoológico de Cali ^*  (Colombia)

Author keywords

Andean bear; Bear human interactions; Colombia; Crop depredation; Hunting; Interviews; Livestock depredation; Management; Tremarctos ornatus

Indexed keywords

TREMARCTOS ORNATUS;

EID: 33646020384     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2005)016[0108:ABMNAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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