Quantitative Support for a Subjective Fatness Index for Immobilized Polar Bears
Quantitative Support for a Subjective Fatness Index for Immobilized Polar Bears
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Oxford, UK: The Wildlife Society
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English
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Oxford, UK: The Wildlife Society
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Adequate stores of body fat are essential for survival and reproduction of polar bears (Ursus maritimus). However, polar bear body fat levels can be difficult to quantify in the field. For >30 years, biologists have subjectively estimated relative fatness of immobilized polar bears by assigning individuals a rating from 1 to 5, with 1 being leanest...
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Quantitative Support for a Subjective Fatness Index for Immobilized Polar Bears
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19400381
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19400381
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0022-541X
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1937-2817
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10.2193/2007-123
