Supplemental feeding with carrion is not reducing brown bear depredations on sheep in Slovenia

Ursus

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-119

  Kavčič, Irena ^a   Adamič, Miha ^a   Kaczensky, Petra ^b   Krofel, Miha ^a   Jerina, Klemen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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Ursus arctos

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EID: 84903307932     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/URSUS-D-12-00031R1.1     Document Type: Article

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