A body-condition index for ursids

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1156-1161

  Cattet, Marc R L ^a   Caulkett, Nigel A ^a   Obbard, Martyn E ^b   Stenhouse, Gordon B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c Foothills Model Forest   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CORRELATION METHODS; MUSCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

TOTAL BODY MASS;

BIOLOGY;

BEAR; BODY CONDITION; INDEX METHOD;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0036935557     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-103     Document Type: Article

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