Selection of denning habitats by Scandinavian brown bears Ursus arctos

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-187

  Elfström, Marcus ^a,d   Swenson, Jon E ^b   Ball, John P ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Länsstyrelsen I Skåne Län   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Denning site selection; GIS; Habitat selection; Human disturbance; Sweden; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 47849105376     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2008)14[176:SODHBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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