Feeding patterns of barren-ground grizzly bears in the central Canadian Arctic

Arctic

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 339-344

  Gau, Robert J ^a   Case, Ray ^a   Penner, David F ^b   McLoughlin, Philip D ^c  

^a Wildlife Management Division   (Canada)

^b Penner and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central Arctic; Diet; Fecal analysis; Feeding patterns; Grizzly bear; Predation; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION;

CANADA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0036992871     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic717     Document Type: Article

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