Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) denning in the area of the Simpson Peninsula, Nunavut

Arctic

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-197

  Van De Velde, Franz ^c   Stirling, Ian ^a,b   Richardson, Evan ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Litter size; Pelly Bay; Polar bear; Simpson Peninsula; Snow dens

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DEN; HABITAT SELECTION; LITTER SIZE;

CANADA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0042267218     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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