Correlates with body size and mass in yearling brown bears (Ursus arctos)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-283

  Dahle, B ^a,b   Zedrosser, A ^a,c   Swenson, J E ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body mass; Litter size; Maternal investment; Population density; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33745099319     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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