Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-pjpqr Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-28T19:22:41.947Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The trapping and study of Polar Bears, Spitsbergen, 1966

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

T. Larsen
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Plans for a long-term study of Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in Spitsbergen were initiated in Norway in 1964. The programme is a joint operation between the University of Oslo and Norsk Polarinstitutt. It is divided in two-main projects:

1. Ecological investigations under T. Larsen, Institutt for Marin Biologi Avd A [Institute of Marine Biology AJ], University of Oslo.

2. Physiological investigations under N. A. Øritsland, Zoofysiologisk Institutt [Zoophysiological Institute], University of Oslo.

A third project, ecological and ornithological studies is under M. Norderhaug, Zoologisk Laboratorium [Zoological Laboratory], University of Oslo.

The preliminary plan for the biological programme in Spitsbergen was presented at the First International Scientific Meeting on the Polar Bear in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1965.

Type
Articles
Information
Polar Record , Volume 13 , Issue 86 , May 1967 , pp. 589 - 593
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Craighead, J. J., Hornocker, M., Woodgerd, W. and Craighead, F. C. 1960. Trapping, immobilizing and color marking Grizzly Bears. Transactions of the North American Wildlife Conference, Vol 25, p 415–22.Google Scholar
Erickson, A. W. 1957. Techniques for live trapping and handling Black Bears. Transactions of the North American Wildlife Conference, Vol 22, p 520–43.Google Scholar
Erickson, A. W. and Sindt, D. B. 1963. A statistical evaluation of factors influencing aerial survey results on Brown Bears. Transactions of the North American Wildlife Conference, Vol 28, p 391–409.Google Scholar
Harthoorn, A. M. and Bligh, J. 1965. The use of a new oripavine derivate with potent Morphine-like activity for the restraint of hoofed wild animals. Research in Veterinary Science, Vol 6, No 3, p 290–99.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Scott, R. F., Kenyon, K. W., Buckley, J. L. and Olsen, S. T. 1959. Status and management of the Polar Bear and the Pacific Walrus. Transactions of the North American Wildlife Conference, Vol 24, p 366–73.Google Scholar
Troyer, W. A., Hensel, R. J. and Durley, K. E. 1962. Live trapping and handling of Brown Bears. Journal of Wildlife Management, Vol 26, No. 3, p 330–31.CrossRefGoogle Scholar