Dietary composition and spatial patterns of polar bear foraging on land in western Hudson Bay

BMC Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Gormezano, Linda J ^a   Rockwell, Robert F ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BAY; BEAR; CANADA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BAYS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MANITOBA; SEASONS; URSIDAE;

EID: 84890487971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-13-51     Document Type: Article

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