Evaluating nutritional condition of grizzly bears via 15N signatures and insulin-like growth factor-1

Ursus

Volumn 13, Issue , 2001, Pages 285-291

  Gau, Robert J ^a   Case, Ray ^a  

^a Wildlife and Economic Development ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

BIA; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body composition; Body condition; Grizzly bear; IGF 1; Insulin like growth factor; Nutritional condition; Stable nitrogen isotopes; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549096902     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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