Age at sexual maturity of males and timing of the mating season of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in Greenland

By A. Rosing-Asvid, E. Born, M. Kingsley. Polar Biology, 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Citations in the corpus

• Sexual dimorphism and the mating ecology of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard (2010, background): “Polar bears were caught on the sea ice in the Barents Sea and on the islands and the surrounding sea ice at Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet, Edgeøya, Barentsøya and Hopen Island, Svalbard, Norway (74-81°N, 15-45°E) from 4 March-9 May 1987-2002 as a part of a research program on the ecology of the Barent”
• The mating system of the brown bear Ursus arctos (2012, background): “2004) and may occur in polar bears Ursus maritimus (Rosing-Asvid et al. 2002) and brown bears (Hamer & Herrero 1990, Craighead et al.”
• Importance of fast ice and glacier fronts for female polar bears and their cubs during spring in Svalbard, Norway (2012, unknown): “April is also a peak period for polar bear mating (Lønø 1970, Rosing-Asvid et al. 2002, Derocher et al. 2010) in addition to being the peak birthing period for ringed seals in Svalbard (Lydersen 1998).”