Polar bear predation on ringed seals in the fast-ice of Hornsund, Svalbard
Polar bear hunting success on ringed seals in subnivean lairs and basking on the fast ice, was studied in Hornsund, Svalbard. A few bears were observed while actually hunting, but in most cases bear tracks were followed by snowmobile to determine the outcome of hunts. Seal carcasses were classified...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2493 2023-05-15T16:34:54+02:00 Polar bear predation on ringed seals in the fast-ice of Hornsund, Svalbard Gjertz, Ian Lydersen, Christian 1986-01-05 application/pdf https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2493 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v4i1.6921 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2493/5744 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2493 doi:10.3402/polar.v4i1.6921 Copyright (c) 2018 Polar Research Polar Research; Vol. 4 No. 1 (1986); 65-68 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1986 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v4i1.6921 2021-11-11T19:12:43Z Polar bear hunting success on ringed seals in subnivean lairs and basking on the fast ice, was studied in Hornsund, Svalbard. A few bears were observed while actually hunting, but in most cases bear tracks were followed by snowmobile to determine the outcome of hunts. Seal carcasses were classified from size and tooth annuli as pups, juveniles or adults. A total of 62 subnivean structures were entered by bears, with six scals killed. One of ten charges on basking seals resulted in a kill. Success rates of bears in Hornsund arc compared with rcsults of studies in Canada and Svalbard. Hunting success, polar bear. predation, ringed seul. Article in Journal/Newspaper Hornsund Polar Research Svalbard Polar Research (E-Journal) Canada Hornsund ENVELOPE(15.865,15.865,76.979,76.979) Svalbard Polar Research 4 1 65 68 |
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Polar bear hunting success on ringed seals in subnivean lairs and basking on the fast ice, was studied in Hornsund, Svalbard. A few bears were observed while actually hunting, but in most cases bear tracks were followed by snowmobile to determine the outcome of hunts. Seal carcasses were classified from size and tooth annuli as pups, juveniles or adults. A total of 62 subnivean structures were entered by bears, with six scals killed. One of ten charges on basking seals resulted in a kill. Success rates of bears in Hornsund arc compared with rcsults of studies in Canada and Svalbard. Hunting success, polar bear. predation, ringed seul. |
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Polar bear predation on ringed seals in the fast-ice of Hornsund, Svalbard |
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Polar bear predation on ringed seals in the fast-ice of Hornsund, Svalbard |
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Polar bear predation on ringed seals in the fast-ice of Hornsund, Svalbard |
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Polar bear predation on ringed seals in the fast-ice of Hornsund, Svalbard |
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Polar bear predation on ringed seals in the fast-ice of Hornsund, Svalbard |
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polar bear predation on ringed seals in the fast-ice of hornsund, svalbard |
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Norwegian Polar Institute |
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1986 |
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https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2493 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v4i1.6921 |
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Hornsund Polar Research Svalbard |
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