Population density and food conditions betermine adult female body size in brown bears

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 510-518

  Zedrosser, Andreas ^a,b   Dahle, Bjoørn ^c   Swenson, Jon E ^b,d  

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

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body size; Brown bear; Condition; Growth; Heterozygosity; Population density; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BODY SIZE; BOREAL FOREST; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33745168294     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-218R1.1     Document Type: Article

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