Estimating population size and trends of the Swedish brown bear Ursus arctos population

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-123

  Kindberg, Jonas ^a   Swenson, Jon E ^b,c   Ericsson, Göran ^a   Bellemain, Eva ^d,e   Miquel, Christian ^d   Taberlet, Pierre ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

brown bear; DNA; faeces; genetic; monitoring; observations; population size; survey; Ursus arctos; volunteers

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 79960803104     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/10-100     Document Type: Review

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