Mating-related movements of male brown bears on the periphery of an expanding population

Ursus

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-29

  Krofel, Miha ^a   Filacorda, Stefano ^b   Jerina, Klemen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Expansion front; Mating; Movements; Population periphery; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 77952146744     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/09SC015.1     Document Type: Article

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