Illegal killings may hamper brown bear recovery in the Eastern Alps

Ursus

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-46

  Kaczensky, Petra ^a   Jerina, Klemen ^b   Jonozovič, Marko ^c   Krofel, Miha ^b   Skrbinšek, Tomaž ^b   Rauer, Georg ^a   Kos, Ivan ^b   Gutleb, Bernhard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Slovenia Forest Service   (Slovenia)

^d Carinthian Nature Conservation Administration   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; brown bear; Eastern Alps; illegal killing; Italy; poaching; re colonization; Slovenia; Ursus arctos; wildlife crime

Indexed keywords

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EID: 79960358352     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/URSUS-D-10-00009.1     Document Type: Review

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