The shared preference niche of sympatric Asiatic black bears and sun bears in a tropical forest mosaic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Steinmetz, Robert ^a   Garshelis, David L ^b   Chutipong, Wanlop ^c   Seuaturien, Naret ^a  

^a WWF Thailand   (Thailand)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FRUITING; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; SYMPATRY; THAILAND; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

HELARCTOS MALAYANUS; HEXAPODA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; THAILAND; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URSIDAE;

EID: 79251638004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014509     Document Type: Article

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