Fractals, sea-ice landscape and spatial patterns of polar bears

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1081-1092

  Ferguson, Steven H ^a   Taylor, Mitchell K ^b   Born, Erik W ^c   Messier, Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Govt of the North west Territories ^*  (Canada)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Allopatric speciation; Cluster analysis; Evolution; Metapopulation; Movement pathway; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SEA ICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA;

MAMMALIA; MYA; PHOCIDAE; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS MARITIMUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032456737     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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