Summer food habits of brown bears in Kekexili Nature Reserve, Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, China

Ursus

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-137

  Aichun, Xu ^a,b   Zhigang, Jiang ^b   Chunwang, Li ^b   Jixun, Guo ^a   Guosheng, Wu ^c   Ping, Cai ^d  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c Qinghai Tibetan Plateau Wildlife Rescuing Centre   (China)

^d Qinghai Province Wildlife and Nature Reserve Management Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Bos grunniens; Brown bear; Diet; Ochotona curzoniae; Pantholops hodgsonii; Pika; Scavenge; Tibetan antelope; Ursus arctos; Wild yak

Indexed keywords

BOS GRUNNIENS; BOS GRUNNIENS MUTUS; OCHOTONA CURZONIAE; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; PANTHOLOPS HODGSONII; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33750942829     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2006)17[132:SFHOBB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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