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Visibility in the forest as a factor determining its protective properties for the brown bear

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Original Russian Text © L.M. Baskin, 2017, published in Ekologiya, 2017, No. 5, pp. 400–403.

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Baskin, L.M. Visibility in the forest as a factor determining its protective properties for the brown bear. Russ J Ecol 48, 495–497 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413617050022

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