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Capture, Anesthesia, and Disturbance of Free-Ranging Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) during Hibernation

We conducted thirteen immobilizations of previously collared hibernating two- to four-year-old brown bears (Ursus arctos) weighing 21–66 kg in central Sweden in winter 2010 and 2011 for comparative physiology research. Here we report, for the first time, an effective protocol for the capture and ane...

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Autores principales: Evans, Alina L., Sahlén, Veronica, Støen, Ole-Gunnar, Fahlman, Åsa, Brunberg, Sven, Madslien, Knut, Fröbert, Ole, Swenson, Jon E., Arnemo, Jon M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3398017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22815757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040520