Selection of maternity dens by female polar bears in western Hudson Bay, Canada and the effects of human disturbance

Polar Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 350-356

  Lunn, Nick J ^a   Stirling, Ian ^a,b   Andriashek, Dennis ^a   Richardson, Evan ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; DEN; DISTURBANCE; LITTER SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SITE SELECTION;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

URSUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 2942737203     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-004-0604-6     Document Type: Article

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