Length of skull traits and time of attainment of full size of traits in East Greenland and Svalbard polar bears

Size, growth and sexual dimorphism of nine skull traits was studied in 300 East Greenland and 391 Svalbard polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Two traits were significantly larger in bears from East Greenland compared to Svalbard bears, and trait size was smaller after 1960 in five traits. For both local...

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Main Authors: Bechshøft, Thea Ø, Sonne, Christian, Rigét, Frank F, Wiig, Øystein, Dietz, Rune
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2008
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Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.807252
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807252