Effects of sex and age on den site use by Scandinavian brown bears

Ursus

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-93

  Elfström, Marcus ^a   Swenson, Jon E ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Brown bear; Den site characteristics; Denning habitat; Scandinavia; Sweden; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 71849110032     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/09GR005.1     Document Type: Article

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