Trends in number and distribution of brown bear females with cubs-of-the-year in the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain

Ursus

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-157

  Palomero, Guillermo ^a   Ballesteros, Fernando ^b   Nores, Carlos ^c   Blanco, Juan Carlos ^d   Herrero, Juan ^c   García Serrano, Alicia ^d  

^a Brown Bear Foundation   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d Ega Wildlife Consultants   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Cantabrian mountains; Conservation; Demography; Distribution; Females with cubs; Trends; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 37749029121     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2007)18[145:TINADO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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