An interspecific foraging association with polar bears increases foraging opportunities for avian predators in a declining Arctic seabird colony

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Barnas, Andrew F., Simone, Cassandra A. B., Geldart, Erica A., Love, Oliver P., Jagielski, Patrick M., Gilchrist, H. Grant, Richardson, Evan S., Dey, Cody J., Semeniuk, Christina A. D.
• Other Authors: University of Windsor, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2024
• Subjects: Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; East Bay; Common Eider; Sea ice; Somateria mollissima; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11012; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.11012

Abstract Interspecific foraging associations (IFAs) are biological interactions where two or more species forage in association with each other. Climate‐induced reductions in Arctic sea ice have increased polar bear ( Ursus maritimus ) foraging in seabird colonies, which creates foraging opportuniti...