Courtship of brown bears Ursus arctos in northern Spain: Phenology, weather, habitat and durable mating areas

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-373

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding behaviour; Brown bear; Habitat; Mating areas; Phenology; Ursus arctos; Weather

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33845920502     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[367:COBBUA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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