ARCTIC Some Characteristics of Polar Bears Killed during Conflicts with Humans in the Northwest Territories, 1976-86
ABSTRACT. We examined 265 cases where polar bears were killed in the Northwest Territories as a result of bear-human encounters between 1 July 1976 and 30 June 1986. Age and sex of the bears, time of year and general circumstances of the cases were characterized. Subadult animals constituted 53 % of...
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1988
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.581.4000 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic41-4-275.pdf |
Summary: | ABSTRACT. We examined 265 cases where polar bears were killed in the Northwest Territories as a result of bear-human encounters between 1 July 1976 and 30 June 1986. Age and sex of the bears, time of year and general circumstances of the cases were characterized. Subadult animals constituted 53 % of the aged sample, and males accounted for 70 % of the sexed bears. Subadult males represented 40 % of known age and sex bears. Problem kills occurred throughout the year but were most frequent in the ice-free season (August-November). In 222 cases where circumstances surrounding the death |
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