Site fidelity of Svalbard polar bears revealed by mark-recapture positions

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-39

  Lone, Karen ^a,b   Aars, Jon ^a   Ims, Rolf Anker ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age and sex effects; Arctic; Displacement; Movement; Philopatry; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BEAR; BIOTELEMETRY; BOOTSTRAPPING; BREEDING SITE; DEN; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; PHILOPATRY; POLAR REGION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SITE FIDELITY;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84871459386     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1235-y     Document Type: Article

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