Brown bear food habits at the border of its range: A long-term study

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 899-908

  Naves, Javier ^a,b   Fernández Gil, Alberto ^a,b   Rodrìguez, Carlos ^a,b   Delibes, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian Mountains; Fecal analysis; Interannual variation; Long term diet study; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BEAR; BORDER REGION; DIET; FECES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOME RANGE; MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33750395612     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-318R2.1     Document Type: Article

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