Age and Sex Composition of Seals Killed by Polar Bears in the Eastern Beaufort Sea

BACKGROUND: Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) of the Beaufort Sea enter hyperphagia in spring and gain fat reserves to survive periods of low prey availability. We collected information on seals killed by polar bears (n = 650) and hunting attempts on ringed seal (Pusa hispida) lairs (n = 1396) observed...

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Autores principales: Pilfold, Nicholas W., Derocher, Andrew E., Stirling, Ian, Richardson, Evan, Andriashek, Dennis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3400654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22829949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041429

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3400654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22829949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041429

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