Spatial and temporal variation in size of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sexual organs and its use in pollution and climate change studies

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 387, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 237-246

  Sonne, Christian ^a   Dietz, Rune ^a   Born, Erik W ^b   Riget, Frank F ^a   Leifsson, Pall S ^c   Bechshøft, Thea Ø ^a   Kirkegaard, Maja ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baculum; Canada; Climate change; East Greenland; Growth; Maturity; Ovary; Polar bear; Pollution; Reproductive organs; Svalbard; Testes; Ursus maritimus; Uterus

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; MAMMALS;

BACULUM; EAST GREENLAND; POLAR BEAR; REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS; SEXUAL MATURITY; SVALBARD; TESTES; URSUS MARITIMUS; UTERUS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

BEAR; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH MODELING; MATURATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEAR; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; GREENLAND; MALE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SVALBARD; TIME FACTORS; URSIDAE;

ARCTIC; CANADA; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BACULUM; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 36749009521     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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