Data from: Extensive sampling of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Northwest Passage (Canadian Arctic Archipelago) reveals population differentiation across multiple spatial and temporal scales ...

• Main Authors: Campagna, Leonardo, Van Coeverden De Groot, Peter J., Saunders, Brenda L., Atkinson, Stephen N., Weber, Diana S., Dyck, Markus G., Boag, Peter T., Lougheed, Stephen C.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2013
• Subjects: species at risk; DNA microsatellites; Holocene; Marine mammals; Ursus maritimus; Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Gulf of Boothia; M'Clintock; M'Clintock Channel; Northwest Passage; Arctic Archipelago; Global warming; Northwest passage; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h1v63; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.h1v63

As global warming accelerates the melting of Arctic sea ice, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) must adapt to a rapidly changing landscape. This process will necessarily alter the species distribution together with population dynamics and structure. Detailed knowledge of these changes is crucial to delin...