Ultimate and proximate mechanisms underlying the occurrence of bears close to human settlements: Review and management implications

Mammal Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-18

  Elfström, Marcus ^a   Zedrosser, Andreas ^a,b   Støen, Ole Gunnar ^a   Swenson, Jon E ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Despotic; Food conditioning; Human habituation; Naivety; Predation refuge

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CARNIVORE; CONDITIONING; CONSPECIFIC; HABITUATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; REFUGE;

URSIDAE; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 84875637347     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2012.00223.x     Document Type: Review

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