Diet composition of polar bears in Svalbard and the western Barents Sea

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 448-452

  Derocher, Andrew E ^a   Wiig, Øystein ^b   Andersen, Magnus ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DIET; SPACE USE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

(WEST); BARENTS SEA; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS; PHOCA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; URSUS; URSUS MARITIMUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036926840     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0364-0     Document Type: Article

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