Distribution and diet of brown bears in the upper Mustang Region, Nepal

Ursus

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-236

  Aryal, Achyut ^a,b   Hopkins, John B ^c   Raubenheimer, David ^a   Ji, Weihong ^a   Brunton, Dianne ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Biodiversity Research and Training Forum   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annapurna Conservation Area; bear incident; brown bear; diet; distribution; Nepal; Upper Mustang; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA HIMALAYANA; UNGULATA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84872692540     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/URSUS-D-11-00015.1     Document Type: Article

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