Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) maternity denning habitat in western Hudson Bay: A bottom-up approach to resource selection functions

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 860-870

  Richardson, Evan ^a,b   Stirling, Ian ^a,b   Hik, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MANAGERS; OCEAN HABITATS;

MATERNITY DENNING; POLAR BEAR;

BIODIVERSITY;

BEAR; DEN; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; REMOTE SENSING;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 27644599382     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z05-075     Document Type: Article

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