Feeding Patterns of Barren-ground Grizzly Bears in the Central Canadian Arctic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Gau, Robert J., Case, Ray, Penner, David F., McLoughlin, Philip D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2002
• Subjects: central Arctic; diet; fecal analysis; feeding patterns; grizzly bear; predation; Ursus arctos; centre de l’Arctique; régime alimentaire; examen coproscopique; comportements alimentaires; ours grizzli; prédation; Arctic; Verte; caribou; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63774

We collected 169 grizzly bear scats between 1994 and 1997 to determine the dietary habits of barren-ground grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) inhabiting Canada's central Arctic. From personal observations and fecal analysis, we concluded that barren-ground grizzly bears lead a predominantly carnivoro...