Diagnosing mechanisms of decline and planning for recovery of an endangered brown bear (Ursus arctos) population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Chapron, Guillaume ^a,b,c   Wielgus, Robert ^d,e   Quenette, Pierre Yves ^f   Camarra, Jean Jacques ^f  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAR; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RECOVERY; SEX RATIO; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICS;

URSUS ARCTOS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENT; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; URSIDAE;

EID: 70449562760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007568     Document Type: Article

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