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Estimating the Barents Sea polar bear subpopulation size. / Aars, J; Marques, Tiago A.; Andersen, M; Belikov, S; Boltunov, A; Buckland, Stephen Terrence; Wiig, O.

In: Marine Mammal Science, Vol. 25, No. 1, 01.2009, p. 35-52.

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Aars, J, Marques, TA, Andersen, M, Belikov, S, Boltunov, A, Buckland, ST & Wiig, O 2009, 'Estimating the Barents Sea polar bear subpopulation size' Marine Mammal Science, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 35-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00228.x

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Aars, J., Marques, T. A., Andersen, M., Belikov, S., Boltunov, A., Buckland, S. T., & Wiig, O. (2009). Estimating the Barents Sea polar bear subpopulation size. Marine Mammal Science, 25(1), 35-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00228.x

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Aars J, Marques TA, Andersen M, Belikov S, Boltunov A, Buckland ST et al. Estimating the Barents Sea polar bear subpopulation size. Marine Mammal Science. 2009 Jan;25(1):35-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00228.x

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Aars, J ; Marques, Tiago A. ; Andersen, M ; Belikov, S ; Boltunov, A ; Buckland, Stephen Terrence ; Wiig, O. / Estimating the Barents Sea polar bear subpopulation size. In: Marine Mammal Science. 2009 ; Vol. 25, No. 1. pp. 35-52.

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