Functional responses in polar bear habitat selection

Oikos

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 112-124

  Mauritzen, Mette ^a,b,c   Belikov, Stanislav E ^d   Boltunov, Andrei N ^d   Derocher, Andrew E ^a,e   Hansen, Edmond ^e   Ims, Rolf A ^f   Wiig, Øystein ^b   Yoccoz, Nigel ^g  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d All Russia Institute of Nature Conservation   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0037569411     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12056.x     Document Type: Article

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