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Brown bear body mass and growth in northern and southern Europe
Brown bear body mass and growth in northern and southern Europe // Oecologia, 153 (2007), 1; 37-47 (međunarodna recenzija, članak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Brown bear body mass and growth in northern and southern Europe
Autori
Swenson, Jon E. ; Adamič, Miha ; Huber, Djuro ; Stokke Sigbjø ; rn
Izvornik
Oecologia (0029-8549) 153
(2007), 1;
37-47
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni
Ključne riječi
body growth; Ursus arctos; Europe
Sažetak
We tested six hypotheses to explain expected geographical differences in body masses of 1, 771 brown bears (Ursus arctos) from northern and southern Europe (Sweden and Norway compared with Slovenia and Croatia): Bergmann’ s rule, the fasting endurance hypothesis, and the dietary meat hypothesis, which predicted larger bears in the north ; and hypotheses stressing the role of high primary productivity, high population density, low seasonality, and length of the growing season, which predicted larger bears in the south. Although brown bear populations in North
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Veterinarska medicina
POVEZANOST RADA
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- Scopus
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