Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Facilitate Non-Invasive Polar Bear Monitoring

• Main Author: Arlidge, Scott
• Other Authors: Environmental Studies, Whitelaw, Graham, Van Coeverden De Groot, Peter
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Wildlife Management; Polar Bears; Arctic; TEK; Community Based Monitoring; Inuit; Nunavut; Canada; Gjoa Haven; Coral Harbour; inuit; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/30052

This manuscript-based thesis explores the documentation and application of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to population monitoring and management in the Canadian Arctic. The thesis is divided into four chapters; an introduction, two standalone research papers, an...