Ants as food for Apennine brown bears

The value of ants to bears is a topic of substantial relevance for the small and highly endangered population of Apennine brown bears (Ursus arctos marsicanus) in central Italy. Following a previous food-habit study (2006–2009) based on scat analysis, we used the same data set to further investigate...

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Main Authors: E. Tosoni, M. Mei, P. Ciucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:The European Zoological Journal
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2018.1511762