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Windscapes and olfactory foraging in a large carnivore

The theoretical optimal olfactory search strategy is to move cross-wind. Empirical evidence supporting wind-associated directionality among carnivores, however, is sparse. We examined satellite-linked telemetry movement data of adult female polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Hudson Bay, Canada, in r...

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Autores principales: Togunov, Ron R., Derocher, Andrew E., Lunn, Nicholas J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5389353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28402340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep46332