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Validation of adipose lipid content as a body condition index for polar bears

Body condition is a key indicator of individual and population health. Yet, there is little consensus as to the most appropriate condition index (CI), and most of the currently used CIs have not been thoroughly validated and are logistically challenging. Adipose samples from large datasets of captur...

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Autores principales: McKinney, Melissa A, Atwood, Todd, Dietz, Rune, Sonne, Christian, Iverson, Sara J, Peacock, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3936397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24634735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.956