Experiences with trapping, chemical immobilization, and radiotagging of brown bears in Slovenia

Ursus

Volumn 13, Issue , 2001, Pages 347-356

  Kaczensky, Petra ^a   Knauer, Felix ^b   Jonozovic, Marko ^c   Walzer, Chris ^a   Huber, Thomas ^a  

^a Zoo Salzburg ^*  (Austria)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Zavod za Gozdove Slovenije   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Brown bear; Chemical immobilization; Public safety; Radiomarking; Slovenia; Trapping; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745901004     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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