Polar Bears from Space: Assessing Satellite Imagery as a Tool to Track Arctic Wildlife

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Stapleton, Seth, LaRue, Michelle, Lecomte, Nicolas, Atkinson, Stephen, Garshelis, David, Porter, Claire, Atwood, Todd
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2014
• Subjects: Research Article; Arctic; Canada; Foxe Basin; Climate change
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4090068; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25006979; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101513

Development of efficient techniques for monitoring wildlife is a priority in the Arctic, where the impacts of climate change are acute and remoteness and logistical constraints hinder access. We evaluated high resolution satellite imagery as a tool to track the distribution and abundance of polar be...