The Role of Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) in the Plant Seed Dispersal of Golestan National Park

• Published in: Iranian Journal of Applied Ecology
• Main Authors: Karimi, S., Hemami, M.R, Esfahani, M.T, Baltzinger, Christophe
• Other Authors: ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IRN, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Ecosystèmes forestiers (UR EFNO), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Persian
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: ENDOZOOCHORY; GROWTH FORM; SEED ABUNDANCE AND SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; MAMMALIAN OMNIVORES; IRAN; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Gilan; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02608948; https://doi.org/10.29252/ijae.7.2.29

International audience The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is the largest carnivore species in Iran which can be found in large parts of the Alborz and the Zagros mountain ranges but reaches remarkable densities in northern forest, ranging from Golestan National Park to western Gilan. We investigated the...