Polar bear depredation of a thick-billed murre fledgling in open water at Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Obbard, Martyn E., Di Corrado, Christopher, Franco, João, Pimenta, Roger, Wise, Boris
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2022
• Subjects: Climate warming; plasticity in foraging behaviour; Uria lomvia; Ursus maritimus; sea-ice loss; jumplings; Leopold Island; Nunavut; Prince Leopold Island; Polar Research; Sea ice; thick-billed murre; uria
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/8176; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v41.8176

Sea-ice distribution and duration are declining across the circumpolar range of the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), resulting in a reduced access to ice-obligate seals, its primary prey. Consequently, polar bears may have increased reliance on alternative food sources in the future. Foraging on land i...