Diets of Asiatic black bears in Taiwan, with methodological and geographical comparisons

Ursus

Volumn 13, Issue , 2001, Pages 111-125

  Hwang, Mei Hsiu ^a   Garshelis, David L ^b   Wang, Ying ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; Broadleaf forest; Diet; Feeding behavior; Feeding sign; Oak mast; Predation; Scat analysis; Traditional ecological knowledge; Ursus thibetanus formosanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750174023     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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