Food Habits of Brown Bears in Plitvice Lakes National Park, Yugoslavia

January 1, 1987
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Brown bear (Ursus arctos) food habits were determined by analyzing 95 scats and by investigating feeding sites in and around Plitvice Lakes National Park, Yugoslavia. Only plant material was found in 76% of the samples, whereas 24% contained both plant and animal (mostly insects) material. At least 28 different plant and animal food items were identified. Plant material consumption varied with phenology. Important food types by season were: spring-graminoids, forbs, and ferns; summer-oats, insects, fruits, and forbs; autumn-tree fruits, nuts, and insects; and winter-nuts, fruits, and mammals. Spring food was of low nutritional value, whereas summer food was rich in nitrogen-free extract and crude fiber. Predenning food was high in nitrogen-free extract and ether extract.

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