The Energetic Value of Land-Based Foods in Western Hudson Bay and Their Potential to Alleviate Energy Deficits of Starving Adult Male Polar Bears

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Gormezano, Linda J., Rockwell, Robert F.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2015
• Subjects: Research Article; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Molnar; caribou
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4489586/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26061693; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128520

Climate change is predicted to expand the ice-free season in western Hudson Bay and when it grows to 180 days, 28–48% of adult male polar bears are projected to starve unless nutritional deficits can be offset by foods consumed on land. We updated a dynamic energy budget model developed by Molnar et...