A multidimensional approach to managing the European brown bear in Croatia

Ursus

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-32

  Huber, Djuro ^a   Kusak, Josip ^a   Majić Skrbinšek, Aleksandra ^b   Majnarić, Dario ^c   Sindičić, Magda ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Croatian Forests   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; European brown bear; Hunting; Management; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 45149086645     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2008)19[22:AMATMT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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