The diet of the brown bear Ursus arctos in the Pasvik Valley, northeastern Norway

• Published in: Wildlife Biology
• Main Authors: Persson, Inga‐Lill, Wikan, Steinar, Swenson, Jon E., Mysterud, Ivar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Norway; Pasvik; Alces alces; Rangifer tarandus; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2981/wlb.2001.006; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.2981/wlb.2001.006; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2981/wlb.2001.006

The seasonal composition of and the annual variation in the diet of the brown bear Ursus arctos in the Pasvik Valley, northeastern Norway, were estimated based on the analysis of 137 bear scats. The importance of moose Alces alces and reindeer Rangifer tarandus in the diet was given special attentio...