Correction factors for important brown bear foods in Europe

Ursus

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-15

  Bojarska, Katarzyna ^a   Selva, Nuria ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

brown bear; correction factors; diet; Europe; fecal analysis; food habits; supplemental food; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877936298     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/URSUS-D-12-00017.1     Document Type: Article

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