Coping with human disturbance: Spatial and temporal tactics of the brown bear (Ursus arctos)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 875-883

  Martin, Jodie ^a,b,c,d,e   Basille, Mathieu ^a,b,c,f   van Moorter, Bram ^f   Kindberg, Jonas ^g   Allainé, Dominique ^a,b,c   Swenson, Jon E ^d,h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

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

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^g SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CARNIVORE; COLONIZATION; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; DIURNAL VARIATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SCANDINAVIA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 77958094337     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-053     Document Type: Article

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