Short-term behavioural response of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) to snowmobile disturbance

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 501-507

  Andersen, Magnus ^a   Aars, Jon ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Behaviour; Disturbance; Polar bear; Snowmobile; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BEAR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GPS; ISLAND; LOCOMOTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 38849114389     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0376-x     Document Type: Article

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