Consumption of salmon by Alaskan brown bears: A trade-off between nutritional requirements and the risk of infanticide?

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 465-474

  Ben David, Merav ^a   Titus, Kimberly ^b   Beier, LaVern R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Cubs; Diet; Dominance hierarchy; Stable isotope ratios

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DIET; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PREDATION RISK; SALMONID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEAR; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALMON; SEASON; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RISK FACTORS; SALMON; SEASONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY; URSIDAE;

ADMIRALTY ISLAND; ALASKA; ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO; CHICHAGOF ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SALMONIDAE; URSUS ARCTOS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342288521     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1442-x     Document Type: Article

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