Behavioral correlates of supplementary feeding of wildlife: Can general conclusions be drawn?

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 669-676

  Steyaert, Sam M J G ^a   Kindberg, Jonas ^b   Jerina, Klemen ^c   Krofel, Miha ^c   Stergar, Matija ^c   Swenson, Jon E ^a,d   Zedrosser, Andreas ^e,f  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

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

Author keywords

Behavioral strategies; Brown bear; Habituation; Human wildlife interactions; Individual variance; Supplementary feeding; Ursus arctos; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84930041121     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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