The Attractiveness of Landscape Segments in Terms of Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) Occurrence
By: Marta Nevřelová, Gabriela Böhmer and Viktor Szabo
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Language: English
Page range: 59 - 72
Submitted on: Nov 5, 2025
Accepted on: Mar 16, 2026
Published on: Jun 17, 2026
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