Play behaviour and multi-year juvenile survival in free-ranging brown bears, Ursus arctos

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1053-1067

  Fagen, Robert ^a   Fagen, Johanna ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alaska; Behavioural adaptability; Behavioural flexibility; Brown bear; Facultative decisions; Innovation; Inter subjectivity; Life histories; Mother young relationships; Plastic behavioural responses; Play behaviour; Pre adult survival; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 70350348696     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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