Movements of female polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the East Greenland pack ice

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 509-516

  Wiig, Øystein ^a,b   Born, Erik W ^c   Pedersen, Leif Toudal ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; MOVEMENT; PACK ICE; TELEMETRY;

GREENLAND;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0043069758     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0513-0     Document Type: Article

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