An incident of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism on Phippsøya, Svalbard

A case of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism is reported from Phippsøya, Svalbard. In this instance, a cub of some 7 months was killed by an adult male bear, which was in poor condition, in the close proximity of the mother,which was also in poor condition. It seems probable that the attack was...

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Main Authors: Derocher, A.E., Stone, I.R.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Ursus maritimus
Trends
Population ecology
Beaufort Sea
Phippsøya
Svalbard
Online Access:https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/02418afb-a7a8-449f-80dd-744b9e630142
https://doi.org/10.7939/R31G4H
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spelling ftunivalberta:oai:era.library.ualberta.ca:02418afb-a7a8-449f-80dd-744b9e630142 2023-05-15T15:40:15+02:00 An incident of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism on Phippsøya, Svalbard Derocher, A.E. Stone, I.R. 2007 https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/02418afb-a7a8-449f-80dd-744b9e630142 https://doi.org/10.7939/R31G4H English eng https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/02418afb-a7a8-449f-80dd-744b9e630142 doi:10.7939/R31G4H Copyright © 2007 Cambridge University Press Ursus maritimus Trends Population ecology Beaufort Sea Article (Published) 2007 ftunivalberta https://doi.org/10.7939/R31G4H 2022-08-22T20:08:59Z A case of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism is reported from Phippsøya, Svalbard. In this instance, a cub of some 7 months was killed by an adult male bear, which was in poor condition, in the close proximity of the mother,which was also in poor condition. It seems probable that the attack was made for nutritional gain. Other/Unknown Material Beaufort Sea Phippsøya Svalbard Ursus maritimus University of Alberta: Era - Education and Research Archive Phippsøya ENVELOPE(20.793,20.793,80.709,80.709) Svalbard
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topic Ursus maritimus
Trends
Population ecology
Beaufort Sea
spellingShingle Ursus maritimus
Trends
Population ecology
Beaufort Sea
Derocher, A.E.
Stone, I.R.
An incident of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism on Phippsøya, Svalbard
topic_facet Ursus maritimus
Trends
Population ecology
Beaufort Sea
description A case of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism is reported from Phippsøya, Svalbard. In this instance, a cub of some 7 months was killed by an adult male bear, which was in poor condition, in the close proximity of the mother,which was also in poor condition. It seems probable that the attack was made for nutritional gain.
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author Derocher, A.E.
Stone, I.R.
author_facet Derocher, A.E.
Stone, I.R.
author_sort Derocher, A.E.
title An incident of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism on Phippsøya, Svalbard
title_short An incident of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism on Phippsøya, Svalbard
title_full An incident of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism on Phippsøya, Svalbard
title_fullStr An incident of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism on Phippsøya, Svalbard
title_full_unstemmed An incident of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism on Phippsøya, Svalbard
title_sort incident of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism on phippsøya, svalbard
publishDate 2007
url https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/02418afb-a7a8-449f-80dd-744b9e630142
https://doi.org/10.7939/R31G4H
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Svalbard
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Phippsøya
Svalbard
Ursus maritimus
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Phippsøya
Svalbard
Ursus maritimus
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doi:10.7939/R31G4H
op_rights Copyright © 2007 Cambridge University Press
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