Demographic and traditional knowledge perspectives on the current status of Canadian polar bear subpopulations

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: York, Jordan, Dowsley, Martha, Cornwell, Adam, Kuc, Miroslaw, Taylor, Mitchell
• Other Authors: Lakehead University Graduate Fellowship, SSHRC Scholarship
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Kane; Baffin; Beaufort Sea; Kane Basin; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2030; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fece3.2030; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.2030; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ece3.2030

Abstract Subpopulation growth rates and the probability of decline at current harvest levels were determined for 13 subpopulations of polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ) that are within or shared with Canada based on mark–recapture estimates of population numbers and vital rates, and harvest statistics...