Phenotypic variation in skull size and shape between Newfoundland and mainland populations of North American Black Bears, Ursus americanus

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 236-244

  Virgl, John A ^a   Mahoney, Shane P ^b   Mawhinney, Kim ^c  

^a Ecol Devmt/Statistical Analysis   (Canada)

^b Environmental Sciences Division   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black Bear; Heritability; Multivariate analysis; Newfoundland; Ontogeny; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPE; SHAPE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SKULL;

NORTH AMERICA;

URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 1842585752     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v117i2.702     Document Type: Article

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