Sea ice and polar bear den ecology at Hopen Island, Svalbard

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 441, Issue , 2011, Pages 273-279

  Derocher, A E ^a   Andersen, M ^b   Wiig, O ^c   Aars, J ^b   Hansen, E ^b   Biuw, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Denning; Polar bear; Reproduction; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMERGENCE; POLAR REGION; REPRODUCTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; HOPEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 81255200255     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09406     Document Type: Article

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