Habitat selection of a large carnivore along human-wildlife boundaries in a highly modified landscape

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Takahata, Chihiro ^a   Nielsen, Scott Eric ^b   Takii, Akiko ^a   Izumiyama, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BLACK BEAR; CARNIVORE; FEMALE; FOREST; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINE; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SEASONS; TREES; URSIDAE;

EID: 84899806832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086181     Document Type: Article

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