In vivo digestibility trials of a captive polar bear (Ursus maritimus) feeding on harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 759-767

  Dyck, Markus G ^a   Morin, Patricia ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Drury Park ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Energetics; Feeding trials; Metabolizable energy; Nutrition; Polar bear

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; BEAR; BODY MASS; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CARNIVORE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; ENERGETICS; FEEDING MECHANISM; METABOLISM; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PINNIPED; SALMONID; WILD POPULATION;

PHOCA GROENLANDICA; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 79960232248     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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