(Table 1) Cortisol concentration in hair of East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

• Main Authors: Bechshøft, Thea Ø, Sonne, Christian, Dietz, Rune, Born, Erik W, Novak, M A, Henchey, E, Meyer, J S
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: Age; relative; number of years; Cortisol; East_Greenland; East Greenland; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Sampling date; Sex; Status; Greenland; International Polar Year; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.807316; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807316

To demonstrate the ability to assess long-term hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis activity in polar bears (Ursus maritimus), a pilot study was conducted in which cortisol concentration was analyzed in hair from 7 female (3-19 years) and 10 male (6-19 years) East Greenland polar bears s...