Increased Land Use by Chukchi Sea Polar Bears in Relation to Changing Sea Ice Conditions.

Recent observations suggest that polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are increasingly using land habitats in some parts of their range, where they have minimal access to their preferred prey, likely in response to loss of their sea ice habitat associated with climatic warming. We used location data from f...

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Main Authors: Karyn D Rode, Ryan R Wilson, Eric V Regehr, Michelle St Martin, David C Douglas, Jay Olson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4651550?pdf=render