Population substructure and space use of Foxe Basin polar bears

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Sahanatien, Vicki, Peacock, Elizabeth, Derocher, Andrew E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Foxe Basin; Nunavut; Climate change; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1571; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fece3.1571; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.1571; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ece3.1571

Abstract Climate change has been identified as a major driver of habitat change, particularly for sea ice‐dependent species such as the polar bear ( Ursus maritimus ). Population structure and space use of polar bears have been challenging to quantify because of their circumpolar distribution and te...