Bear gallbladder trade issues and a framework for bear management in Japan

Ursus

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-129

  Mano, Tsutomu ^a   Ishii, Nobuo ^b  

^a Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; Bear gallbladder; Brown bear; CITES; Community based management; Sustainable use; Ursidae; Ursus arctos; Ursus thibetanus; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

URSIDAE; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 58149345770     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176-19.2.122     Document Type: Article

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