Spatial patterns in brown bear Ursus arctos diet: The role of geographical and environmental factors

Mammal Review

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-143

  Bojarska, Katarzyna ^a   Selva, Nuria ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biogeographical variation; Climate change; Global warming; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI); Snow cover

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SELECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; NDVI; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858818575     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00192.x     Document Type: Review

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