Seasonal and annual variation in the food habits of Apennine brown bears, central Italy

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: CIUCCI, Paolo, BOITANI, Luigi, Tosoni, Elisabetta, Di Domenico, Giovanna, Quattrociocchi, Fausto
• Other Authors: Ciucci, Paolo, Boitani, Luigi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Mammalogy 2014
• Subjects: Abruzzo National Park; Apennines; brown bear; diet; hard mast; Rhamnus alpinus; scat analysis; small populations; Ursus arctos; Rhamnus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/559507; https://doi.org/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-218

Only scanty and outdated knowledge is available on the food habits of the Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) population, despite its critical conservation status. Based on 2,359 scats, collected from June 2006 through December 2009, we documented seasonal and annual variation in the diet...