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dc.contributor.authorKleiner, Jack D.
dc.contributor.authorVan Horn, Russell C.
dc.contributor.authorSwenson, Jon E.
dc.contributor.authorSteyaert, Sam M.J.G.
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-13T22:27:27Z
dc.date.available2020-05-13T22:27:27Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.doi10.2192/URSUS-D-17-00012.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/179
dc.description.abstractTo advance our knowledge on the rubbing behavior of Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus), we assessed characteristics of their rub-trees in the Peruvian tropical dry forest, where water is a rare and critical resource. We registered characteristics of rubbed and unrubbed trees and shrubs along bear trails in an area of approximately 100 km2 surrounding 7 waterholes in the western Andes foothills of Peru during austral summer 2014–2015....
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2192/URSUS-D-17-00012.1
dc.rights© 2018 International Association for Bear Research and Management
dc.subjectPERU
dc.subjectANDEAN BEARS
dc.subjectSCENT MARKING
dc.subjectWILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
dc.titleRub-tree selection by Andean bears in the Peruvian dry forest
dc.typeArticle
dc.source.journaltitleUrsus
dc.source.volume29
dc.source.issue1
dc.source.beginpage58
dc.source.endpage66
dcterms.dateAccepted2018
html.description.abstractTo advance our knowledge on the rubbing behavior of Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus), we assessed characteristics of their rub-trees in the Peruvian tropical dry forest, where water is a rare and critical resource. We registered characteristics of rubbed and unrubbed trees and shrubs along bear trails in an area of approximately 100 km2 surrounding 7 waterholes in the western Andes foothills of Peru during austral summer 2014–2015....


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