Brown bear population structure in core and periphery: Analysis of hunting statistics from Russian Karelia and Finland

Ursus

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-20

  Kojola, Ilpo ^a   Danilov, Pyotr I ^b   Laitala, Hanna Mari ^a   Belkin, Vladimir ^b   Yakimov, Andrei ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Core; Finland; Karelia; Periphery; Population structure; Russia; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745401341     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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