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Spatial distribution and size of small canopy gaps created by Japanese black bears: estimating gap size using dropped branch measurements

BACKGROUND: Japanese black bears, a large-bodied omnivore, frequently create small gaps in the tree crown during fruit foraging. However, there are no previous reports of black bear-created canopy gaps. To characterize physical canopy disturbance by black bears, we examined a number of parameters, i...

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Autores principales: Takahashi, Kazuaki, Takahashi, Kaori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3720208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23758683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-13-23

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