Experiences with aversive conditioning of habituated brown bears in Austria and other European countries

Ursus

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-224

  Rauer, Georg ^a   Kaczensky, Petra ^b,d   Knauer, Felix ^c,e  

^a World Wide Fund for Nature Austria   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Zoo Salzburg ^*  (Austria)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Austria; Aversive conditioning; Brown bears; Europe; Problem bear management; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646570111     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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