Juvenile survival and benefits of play behaviour in brown bears, Ursus arctos

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-102

  Fagen, Robert ^a,c   Fagen, Johanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Brown bear; Play behaviour; Survival; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0442281759     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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