Correlates of seasonal change in the body condition of an Arctic top predator

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Galicia, Melissa P., Thiemann, Gregory W., Dyck, Markus G.
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Nunavut; Baffin Bay; Canada; Lancaster Sound; Foxe Basin; Gulf of Boothia; Baffin; Davis Strait; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14817; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.14817; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/gcb.14817

Abstract Climate‐driven sea ice loss has led to changes in the timing of key biological events in the Arctic, however, the consequences and rate of these changes remain largely unknown. Polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ) undergo seasonal changes in energy stores in relation to foraging opportunities an...