Effect of mast production on home range use of Japanese black bears

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 867-875

  Kozakai, Chinatsu ^a   Yamazaki, Koji ^b   Nemoto, Yui ^c   Nakajima, Ami ^c   Koike, Shinsuke ^c   Abe, Shin ^d   Masaki, Takashi ^d   Kaji, Koichi ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Ibaraki Nature Museum   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fagaceae; Global Positioning System (GPS) radiotelemetry; Home range use; Japan; Japanese black bear; Mast production; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEAR; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSION; ELEVATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GPS; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MASTING; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE EXPANSION;

ASHIO MOUNTAINS; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; NIKKO; TOCHIGI;

CASTANEA CRENATA; FAGACEAE; LITHOCARPUS GLABER; QUERCUS CRISPULA; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 79957584172     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.122     Document Type: Article

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