Problem brown bears Ursus arctos in Finland in relation to bear feeding for tourism purposes and the density of bears and humans

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 258-263

  Kojola, Ilpo ^a   Heikkinen, Samuli ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

bear density; bear feeding; brown bear; human density; problem bears; tourism; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84868103095     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/11-052     Document Type: Article

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