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Patterns of resource use by Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus during pre-hibernation in Kashmir Himalaya, India

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Bashir, Farah, Nawab, Monalisa, Ganai, Bashir Ahmad, Bashir, Tawqir (2021): Patterns of resource use by Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus during pre-hibernation in Kashmir Himalaya, India. Journal of Natural History 54 (37-38): 2455-2469, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1850902, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1850902

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