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Room without a view—Den excavation in relation to body size in brown bears

Hibernation is an adaptive strategy to survive harsh winter conditions and food shortage. The use of well‐insulated winter dens helps animals minimize energy loss during hibernation. Brown bears (Ursus arctos) commonly use excavated dens for hibernation. Physical attributes of excavated dens are exp...

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Autores principales: Shiratsuru, Shotaro, Friebe, Andrea, Swenson, Jon E., Zedrosser, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32788960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6371