Size and density of East Greenland polar bear (Ursus maritimus) skulls: Valuable bio-indicators of environmental changes?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 290-295

  Sonne, Christian ^a   Bechshøft, Thea Ø ^a   Rigét, Frank F ^a   Baagøe, Hans J ^b   Hedayat, Abdi ^b   Andersen, Mogens ^b   Bech Jensen, Jens Erik ^c   Hyldstrup, Lars ^c   Letcher, Robert J ^d   Dietz, Rune ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Bone mineral density; Climate oscillations; Condylobasal length; East Greenland; Persistent pollutants; Polar bear

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZES; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CONDYLOBASAL LENGTH; GREENLAND; PERSISTENT POLLUTANTS; POLAR BEARS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; INSECTICIDES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MAMMALS;

BEAR; BIOINDICATOR; BODY SIZE; BONE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MORPHOLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ORGANOHALOGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SKULL; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

ANIMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84879368796     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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