Demography and mortality patterns of removed brown bears in a heavily exploited population

Ursus

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-103

  Krofel, Miha ^a   Jonozovič, Marko ^b   Jerina, Klemen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Slovenia Forest Service   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

brown bear; demography; Dinaric Mountains; harvest; hunting; mortality; Slovenia; survival rate; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84862003175     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/URSUS-D-10-00013.1     Document Type: Review

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