Long-term trends in food habits of a relict brown bear population in northern Spain: The influence of climate and local factors

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-44

  Rodriguez C ^a,b,c   Naves, J ^a,b   Fernandez Gil A ^a,b   Obeso, J R ^a   Delibes, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Cantabrian Mountains; Global warming; Interspecific competition; Nutritional balance; Quercus petraea; Ursus arctos; Vaccinium myrtillus

Indexed keywords

BROWN BEAR; DIET TRENDS; NUTRITIONAL BALANCE; PHENOLOGY; PLANT DISTRIBUTION; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

BIODIVERSITY; GLOBAL WARMING; NUTRITION; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ECOLOGY;

BEAR; DIETARY SHIFT; DORMANCY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BEAR; BODY FAT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INTAKE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OSCILLATION; PHENOLOGY; PREDICTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WINTER;

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

BOS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; URSUS ARCTOS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 34447549099     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906003535     Document Type: Article

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