Post by grrraaahhh on Nov 4, 2011 10:17:52 GMT -9
What does the research literature tell us about this element of polar bear predation?
"There are few records of polar bear predation on large terrestrial mammals. Derocher et al. (2000) documented several observations of polar bears preying on Svalbard reindeer (R. t. platyrhynchus). Ovsyanikov (1996) noted a muskox that may have been killed by a polar bear. F. Miller (pers. comm. 2000) observed a female polar bear with cubs chasing muskox and caribou on Bathurst Island. An Inuk from Resolute told I. Stirling of a muskox killed on the sea ice by a polar bear, and an Inuk from Tuktoyaktuk told him of a polar bear unsuccessfully chasing reindeer on the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula along the southern Beaufort Sea (I. Stirling, pers. comm. 2000)."
Brook, R. K., E. S. Richardson. 2002. Observations of polar bear predatory behaviour toward caribou. Arctic 55(2) 193–196.
For further relating reading, please visit the INTRASPECIFIC - INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONS & PREDATION section.
"There are few records of polar bear predation on large terrestrial mammals. Derocher et al. (2000) documented several observations of polar bears preying on Svalbard reindeer (R. t. platyrhynchus). Ovsyanikov (1996) noted a muskox that may have been killed by a polar bear. F. Miller (pers. comm. 2000) observed a female polar bear with cubs chasing muskox and caribou on Bathurst Island. An Inuk from Resolute told I. Stirling of a muskox killed on the sea ice by a polar bear, and an Inuk from Tuktoyaktuk told him of a polar bear unsuccessfully chasing reindeer on the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula along the southern Beaufort Sea (I. Stirling, pers. comm. 2000)."
Brook, R. K., E. S. Richardson. 2002. Observations of polar bear predatory behaviour toward caribou. Arctic 55(2) 193–196.
For further relating reading, please visit the INTRASPECIFIC - INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONS & PREDATION section.