Long-term trends in food habits of Asiatic black bears in the Misaka Mountains on the Pacific coast of central Japan

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-28

  Koike, Shinsuke ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; Fecal analysis; Food habits; Long term diet study; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN];

ANIMALIA; CASTANEA CRENATA; HEXAPODA; PRUNUS; QUERCUS; RUBUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 72049103177     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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