Using genetics to verify sex of harvested polar bears: Management implications

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 592-597

  Schliebe, Scott L ^a,c,d   Evans, Thomas J ^a,e,f   Fishbach, Anthony S ^a,g,h   Cronin, Matthew A ^b,i,j,k,l  

^a Marine Mammals Management   (United States)

^b LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^c U States Fish and Wildl Serv's   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^f HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

ⁱ STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^j MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l University of Alaska   (United States)

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Author keywords

Genetics; Harvest; Management; Morphology; Polar bear; Sex identification; Ursus maritimus; Y chromosome DNA

Indexed keywords

BEAR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; SEX DETERMINATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033437180     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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