Observations on food habits of Asiatic black bear in Kedarnath wildlife sanctuary, India: Preliminary evidence on their role in seed germination and dispersal

Ursus

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-103

  Sathyakumar, S ^a   Viswanath, S ^b  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOREST GENETICS AND TREE BREEDING   (India)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; Food habits; Germination tests; Seed dispersal; Seed germination; Seed predator; Symplocos theifolia; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349086481     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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