Notes on Asiatic black bears denning habits in the Misaka Mountains, central Japan

Ursus

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-84

  Koike, Shinsuke ^a   Hazumi, Toshihiro ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Wildlife Management Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; Den site; Denning; Hibernation; Japan; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 45149104626     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2008)19[80:NOABBD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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