Use of Subsistence-Harvested Whale Carcasses by Polar Bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea

The availability of a food subsidy has the potential to influence the condition, behavior, fitness, and population dynamics of a species. Since the early 2000s, monitoring efforts along the coast of northern Alaska have indicated a higher proportion of polar bears ( Ursus maritimus) of the southern...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Lillie, Kate M., Gese, Eric M., Atwood, Todd C., Conner, Mary M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2019
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic69449
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