Postnatal growth in body length and mass of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 343-349

  Derocher, A E ^a   Wiig, O ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Growth; Svalbard; Ursus maritimus; Von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

URSUS; URSUS MARITIMUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036125320     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902000377     Document Type: Article

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