The Apennine brown bear and the problem of large mammals in small populations

Ecos

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-81

  Wilson, Charles J ^a   Castellucci, Ciro ^b  

^a Rural Development Service   (United Kingdom)

^b Gruppo Ecologico Apennino Centrale

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; MORTALITY; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33646174801     PISSN: 01439073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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