Using satellite telemetry to define spatial population structure in polar bears in the Norwegian and western Russian Arctic

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-90

  Mauritzen, Mette ^a,b,e   Derocher, Andrew E ^a   Wiig, Øystein ^b   Belikov, Stanislav E ^c   Boltunov, Andrei N ^c   Hansen, Edmond ^a   Garner, Gerald W ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SIBERIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d US National Biological Service   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Cluster analysis; Home range; Kara Sea; Management units; Migration; Subpopulations; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TELEMETRY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; PHOCIDAE; URSUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0036192595     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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