Terrain use by an expanding brown bear population in relation to age, recreational resorts and human settlements

Biological Conservation

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 157-165

  Nellemann, Christian ^a   Støen, Ole Gunnar ^b,c   Kindberg, Jonas ^c   Swenson, Jon E ^b   Vistnes, Ingunn ^b   Ericsson, Göran ^c   Katajisto, Jonna ^d   Kaltenborn, Bjørn Petter ^e   Martin, Jodie ^f   Ordiz, Andrés ^b  

^a United Nations Environment Programme   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Disturbance; Fragmentation; Habitat; Reintroduction; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT USE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; REINTRODUCTION; TERRAIN; TOURISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 34250371773     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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