Distance-based criteria to identify minimum number of brown bear females with cubs in Europe

Ursus

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-167

  Ordiz, Andrés ^a,k   Rodríguez, Carlos ^b   Naves, Javier ^b,l   Fernández, Alberto ^b,d   Huber, Djuro ^c   Kaczensky, Petra ^d   Mertens, Annette ^e   Mertzanis, Yorgos ^f   Mustoni, Andrea ^g   Palazón, Santiago ^h   Quenette, Pierre Y ⁱ   Rauer, Georg ^j,m   Swenson, Jon E ^k  

^a Fundación Oso de Asturias   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c University of Zagreb Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e Istituto di Ecologia Applicata   (Italy)

^f Callisto Ngo   (Greece)

^g Parco Naturale Adamello Brenta   (Italy)

^h Generalitat de Cataluña   (Spain)

ⁱ OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^j World Wide Fund for Nature Austria   (Austria)

^k NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Brown bear; Census; Europe; Females with cubs of the year; Identification criteria; Movements; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

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EID: 37749010299     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2007)18[158:DCTIMN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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