Guest editorial—the ballyhoo over polar bears
Critics have said that there’s little or no justification for the focus that polar bears (Ursus maritimus) have received as a threatened species. Recent studies project dramatic reductions in polar bear numbers in just a few decades, in concert with the equally dramatic reduction in critical sea-ice...
| Published in: | Polar Research |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Norwegian Polar Institute
2009
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| Online Access: | https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2854 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v28i3.6148 |
| Summary: | Critics have said that there’s little or no justification for the focus that polar bears (Ursus maritimus) have received as a threatened species. Recent studies project dramatic reductions in polar bear numbers in just a few decades, in concert with the equally dramatic reduction in critical sea-ice habitat, yet there are undoubtedly ecologically more “important” species in tropical and temperate latitudes that are facing equal or more urgent problems at present. |
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