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G. Edgar Folk, Jr., Jill M. Hunt, Mary A. Folk, Further Evidence for Hibernation of Bears, Bears: Their Biology and Management, Vol. 4, A Selection of Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Bear Research and Management, Kalispell, Montana, USA, February 1977 (1980), pp. 43-47
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