Inversely density-dependent natal dispersal in brown bears Ursus arctos

Oecologia

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 356-364

  Støen, Ole Gunnar ^a   Zedrosser, Andreas ^a,b   Sæbø, Solve ^a   Swenson, Jon E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

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

Author keywords

Dispersal behaviour; Dispersal distance; Population density; Population expansion; Scandinavia

Indexed keywords

BEAR; NATAL DISPERSAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEAR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; URSIDAE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33745134501     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0384-5     Document Type: Article

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