Diet of the brown bear in Himalaya: Combining classical and molecular genetic techniques.

The ecological requirements of brown bears are poorly known in the Himalaya region, which complicates conservation efforts. We documented the diet of the Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) by combining classical scat analysis and a newly developed molecular genetic technique (the trnL a...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Alice Valentini, Noor Kamal Khan, Christian Miquel, Pierre Taberlet, Jon E Swenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0225698&type=printable