Polar Bear-Grizzly Bear Interactions During the Autumn Open-Water Period in Alaska

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Susanne Miller, James Wilder, Ryan R. Wilson
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Mammalogists 2015
• Subjects: Lone; Balaena mysticetus; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv140

Reduction of summer sea ice extent has led some polar bear (Ursus maritimus) populations to increase their use of land during the summer/autumn open-water period. While terrestrial food resources are generally not sufficient to compensate for lost hunting opportunities on the sea ice, marine mammal...