Asiatic black bear-human interactions around Dachigam National Park, Kashmir, India

Ursus

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-113

  Charoo, Samina A ^a   Sharma, Lalit K ^a   Sathyakumar, S ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; bear attacks; crop depredation; Dachigam; Himalaya; Kashmir; livestock depredation; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655170443     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/URSUS-D-10-00021.1     Document Type: Article

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