Recent observations of intraspecific predation and cannibalism among polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea

Polar Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 997-1002

  Amstrup, Steven C ^a   Stirling, Ian ^b   Smith, Tom S ^a   Perham, Craig ^c   Thiemann, Gregory W ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CANNIBALISM; DEN; HUNTING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 33749362518     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0142-5     Document Type: Article

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