The ecological and behavioral significance of short-term food caching in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)
The paucity of observations of wild polar bears (Ursus maritimus) caching of food (including hoarding, i.e., burying and remaining with a kill for up to a few days) has led to the conclusion that such behavior does not occur or is negligible in this species. We document 19 observations of short-term...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
2020-03-01
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| Series: | Arctic Science |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2019-0008 |