Space-use strategies of female polar bears in a dynamic ice habitat

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1704-1713

  Mauritzen, M ^a   Derocher, A E ^a   Wiig, O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; SEA ICE;

PREDATOR-PREY DYNAMICS; SPACE-USE STRATEGIES;

BIODIVERSITY;

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPACE USE;

ARCTIC;

ANIMALIA; PHOCIDAE; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0034760222     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z01-126     Document Type: Article

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