Growth and variation in the bacula of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Canadian Arctic

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-110

  Dyck, Markus G ^a,c   Bourgeois, Jackie M ^a   Miller, Edward H ^b  

^a Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Nanuq Consultants   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baculum; Growth; Morphometrics; Sexual selection; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BODY SIZE; MORPHOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

BACULUM; URSIDAE; URSUS; URSUS MARITIMUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544273066     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005606     Document Type: Article

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