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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Main Authors: G. B. Stenhouse, L. J. Lee, K. G. Poole
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1988
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polar bear (Ursus maritimus
problem bears
bear-human encounters
Arctic
Northwest Territories
polar bear
Ursus maritimus
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
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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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