The seasonal sensitivity of brown bear denning phenology in response to climatic variability

The seasonal sensitivity of brown bear denning phenology in response to climatic variability

Abstract Background For brown bears (Ursus arctos), hibernation is a critical part of the annual life cycle because energy savings during hibernation can be crucial for overwintering, and females give birth to cubs at that time. For hibernation to be a useful strategy, timing is critical. However, e...

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Main Authors: M M Delgado, G Tikhonov, E Meyke, M Babushkin, T Bespalova, S Bondarchuk, A Esengeldenova, I Fedchenko, Y Kalinkin, A Knorre, G Kosenkov, V Kozsheechkin, A Kuznetsov, E Larin, D Mirsaitov, I Prokosheva, Y Rozhkov, A Rykov, I V Seryodkin, S Shubin, R Sibgatullin, N Sikkila, E Sitnikova, L Sultangareeva, A Vasin, L Yarushina, J Kurhinen, V Penteriani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Climate change
Denning ecology
Hierarchical Gaussian process
Hibernation
Time-varying coefficients
Ursus arctos
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-018-0286-5

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