Population delineation of polar bears using satellite collar data

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 311-317

  Bethke, Ray ^a   Taylor, Mitchell ^a   Amstrup, Steve ^b   Messier, François ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Canadian Arctic; Cluster analysis; Harmonic countours; Home range; Polar bears; Population delineation; Radio collar; Satellite data; Spatial utilization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0001652319     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269574     Document Type: Article

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