Citation:

s00300-008-0435-y

Name: (Table 2) Metric traits of skull size, and sexual dimorphism in East Greenland and Svalbard polar bears (Ursus maritimus)
Published: 2008
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Coverage:

Median Latitude: 76.450000 * Median Longitude: -0.995000 * South-bound Latitude: 74.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -20.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 78.900000 * East-bound Longitude: 18.010000

Event(s):

East_Greenland * Latitude: 74.000000 * Longitude: -20.000000 * Location: East Greenland

Svalbard_bear * Latitude: 78.900000 * Longitude: 18.010000 * Location: Svalbard * Method/Device: Biological sample (BIOS)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	Event label	Event
2	Sample type	Samp type		Bechshøft, Thea Ø
3	Category	Cat		Bechshøft, Thea Ø	trait
4	Description	Description		Bechshøft, Thea Ø	of trait
5	Sex	Sex		Bechshøft, Thea Ø
6	Length	l	mm	Bechshøft, Thea Ø	subadult, mean
7	Length, standard deviation	l std dev	±	Bechshøft, Thea Ø	subadult
8	Length, minimal	l min	mm	Bechshøft, Thea Ø	subadult
9	Length, maximal	l max	mm	Bechshøft, Thea Ø	subadult
10	Sample amount	N	#	Bechshøft, Thea Ø	subadult
11	Length	l	mm	Bechshøft, Thea Ø	adult, mean
12	Length, standard deviation	l std dev	±	Bechshøft, Thea Ø	adult
13	Length, minimal	l min	mm	Bechshøft, Thea Ø	adult
14	Length, maximal	l max	mm	Bechshøft, Thea Ø	adult
15	Sample amount	N	#	Bechshøft, Thea Ø	adult

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

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Data

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1 Event	2 Samp type	3 Cat (trait)	4 Description (of trait)	5 Sex	6 l [mm] (subadult, mean)	7 l std dev [±] (subadult)	8 l min [mm] (subadult)	9 l max [mm] (subadult)	10 N [#] (subadult)	11 l [mm] (adult, mean)	12 l std dev [±] (adult)	13 l min [mm] (adult)	14 l max [mm] (adult)	15 N [#] (adult)
East_Greenland	Skull	OPF	Maximal distance between the opistokranion and the postorbital process of the frontal bone	Male	183.4	17.1	122.6	223.3	48	212.1	13.2	181.5	234.9	59
East_Greenland	Skull	OPF	Maximal distance between the opistokranion and the postorbital process of the frontal bone	Female	164.0	18.0	119.8	198.5	53	187.3	8.2	160.9	203.4	50
East_Greenland	Skull	CBL	Condylobasal length. The maximal distance between the anterior margin of the alveole of the first incisor and the anterior margin of the occipital condyles	Male	326.7	21.6	274.6	380.4	49	358.4	17.3	304.9	389.6	56
East_Greenland	Skull	CBL	Condylobasal length. The maximal distance between the anterior margin of the alveole of the first incisor and the anterior margin of the occipital condyles	Female	286.8	30.8	209.1	341.7	56	322.6	10.5	298.7	351.0	46
East_Greenland	Skull	P4-M2	Length from the anterior margin of the fourth premolar to the posterior margin of the second molar	Male	61.3	2.9	51.4	66.1	53	61.1	2.3	54.1	64.9	60
East_Greenland	Skull	P4-M2	Length from the anterior margin of the fourth premolar to the posterior margin of the second molar	Female	55.5	2.9	49.0	62.8	64	56.0	2.8	49.9	62.2	55
East_Greenland	Skull	C-M2	Length from the anterior of the alveole of the canine, to the posterior of the alveole of the second molar.	Male	117.3	7.0	91.6	128.7	57	128.7	5.2	115.1	142.1	67
East_Greenland	Skull	C-M2	Length from the anterior of the alveole of the canine, to the posterior of the alveole of the second molar.	Female	105.0	7.2	85.2	121.4	61	116.0	4.1	107.7	124.0	57
East_Greenland	Skull	I1-M2	Length from the anterior of the alveole of the first incisor, to the posterior of the alveole of the second molar	Male	138.4	7.8	108.4	151.2	58	149.1	5.7	132.1	161.3	66
East_Greenland	Skull	I1-M2	Length from the anterior of the alveole of the first incisor, to the posterior of the alveole of the second molar	Female	124.4	8.0	101.0	142.5	66	134.7	4.4	126.2	144.7	57
East_Greenland	Skull	POH	Postorbital height. The minimal distance between the postorbital process of the frontal bone and the frontal process of the zygomatic arch.	Male	27.1	2.1	23.1	31.7	53	28.3	2.2	23.5	32.6	63
East_Greenland	Skull	POH	Postorbital height. The minimal distance between the postorbital process of the frontal bone and the frontal process of the zygomatic arch.	Female	24.7	2.8	18.4	31.6	57	26.2	1.5	22.7	30.1	56
East_Greenland	Lower jaw	Lp4	Length of the fourth premolar of the lower jaw	Male	11.7	0.7	9.8	13.2	56	11.7	0.6	10.1	13.4	62
East_Greenland	Lower jaw	Lp4	Length of the fourth premolar of the lower jaw	Female	11.0	0.6	9.6	12.6	61	11.0	0.5	9.9	12.1	54
East_Greenland	Lower jaw	ML	Mandible length. The maximal distance between the anterior margin of the mandibular symphysis and the posterior margin of the angular process	Male	216.7	17.8	146.8	257.7	52	243.2	11.2	216.1	265.9	58
East_Greenland	Lower jaw	ML	Mandible length. The maximal distance between the anterior margin of the mandibular symphysis and the posterior margin of the angular process	Female	193.8	19.8	146.1	232.2	57	217.8	6.6	203.1	232.9	47
East_Greenland	Lower jaw	MH	Mandible height. The maximal distance between the margin of the angular process and the coronoid process	Male	88.1	9.9	58.4	110.9	52	103.9	6.3	88.8	116.0	63
East_Greenland	Lower jaw	MH	Mandible height. The maximal distance between the margin of the angular process and the coronoid process	Female	77.2	9.6	56.5	96.8	58	89.2	4.0	81.3	98.2	52
Svalbard_bear	Skull	OPF	Maximal distance between the opistokranion and the postorbital process of the frontal bone	Male	172.0	27.4	94.3	217.4	44	218.5	14.0	181.2	240.0	72
Svalbard_bear	Skull	OPF	Maximal distance between the opistokranion and the postorbital process of the frontal bone	Female	157.6	19.0	126.5	199.9	27	191.4	12.4	167.0	243.1	53
Svalbard_bear	Skull	CBL	Condylobasal length. The maximal distance between the anterior margin of the alveole of the first incisor and the anterior margin of the occipital condyles	Male	315.1	37.8	248.0	315.1	31	369.2	18.5	320.7	419.1	78
Svalbard_bear	Skull	CBL	Condylobasal length. The maximal distance between the anterior margin of the alveole of the first incisor and the anterior margin of the occipital condyles	Female	278.9	30.5	225.4	331.0	22	327.4	12.4	305.0	376.3	52
Svalbard_bear	Skull	P4-M2	Length from the anterior margin of the fourth premolar to the posterior margin of the second molar	Male	60.4	2.5	54.6	64.8	58	61.6	2.4	55.3	66.5	96
Svalbard_bear	Skull	P4-M2	Length from the anterior margin of the fourth premolar to the posterior margin of the second molar	Female	55.1	2.8	48.9	64.1	48	55.5	2.6	48.3	64.0	86
Svalbard_bear	Skull	C-M2	Length from the anterior of the alveole of the canine, to the posterior of the alveole of the second molar.	Male	113.2	9.5	97.2	133.3	56	128.9	6.4	113.2	147.7	103
Svalbard_bear	Skull	C-M2	Length from the anterior of the alveole of the canine, to the posterior of the alveole of the second molar.	Female	104.6	7.6	88.5	120.8	46	116.1	5.5	104.0	135.1	84
Svalbard_bear	Skull	I1-M2	Length from the anterior of the alveole of the first incisor, to the posterior of the alveole of the second molar	Male	134.3	10.3	115.8	153.5	57	149.9	6.4	132.4	170.5	104
Svalbard_bear	Skull	I1-M2	Length from the anterior of the alveole of the first incisor, to the posterior of the alveole of the second molar	Female	123.1	8.4	105.5	139.0	46	134.7	5.6	122.2	154.5	82
Svalbard_bear	Skull	POH	Postorbital height. The minimal distance between the postorbital process of the frontal bone and the frontal process of the zygomatic arch.	Male	25.4	3.0	16.0	30.1	49	28.2	2.5	21.1	35.6	98
Svalbard_bear	Skull	POH	Postorbital height. The minimal distance between the postorbital process of the frontal bone and the frontal process of the zygomatic arch.	Female	23.4	2.4	19.8	29.4	42	26.1	1.6	21.6	29.5	78
Svalbard_bear	Lower jaw	Lp4	Length of the fourth premolar of the lower jaw	Male	11.7	0.6	10.4	13.3	57	11.6	0.7	10.2	11.6	85
Svalbard_bear	Lower jaw	Lp4	Length of the fourth premolar of the lower jaw	Female	10.9	0.6	9.5	12.1	49	10.8	0.6	9.0	12.9	77
Svalbard_bear	Lower jaw	ML	Mandible length. The maximal distance between the anterior margin of the mandibular symphysis and the posterior margin of the angular process	Male	203.6	28.8	103.5	244.1	61	245.8	13.4	213.5	286.1	94
Svalbard_bear	Lower jaw	ML	Mandible length. The maximal distance between the anterior margin of the mandibular symphysis and the posterior margin of the angular process	Female	194.2	19.5	156.2	243.1	45	221.1	8.9	198.7	255.9	72
Svalbard_bear	Lower jaw	MH	Mandible height. The maximal distance between the margin of the angular process and the coronoid process	Male	79.6	13.4	40.2	102.2	61	102.8	7.9	85.8	116.8	93
Svalbard_bear	Lower jaw	MH	Mandible height. The maximal distance between the margin of the angular process and the coronoid process	Female	74.8	10.0	55.0	103.2	44	89.7	5.1	80.3	111.6	74