Modeling snowdrift habitat for polar bear dens

• Main Authors: Liston, Glen E., Perham, Craig J., Shideler, Richard T., Cheuvront, April N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Barrier Island; Beaufort Sea; Ursus maritimus; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380015004329

Throughout the Arctic most pregnant polar bears (Ursus maritimus) construct maternity dens in seasonal snowdrifts that form in wind-shadowed areas. We developed and verified a spatial snowdrift polar bear den habitat model (SnowDens-3D) that predicts snowdrift locations and depths along Alaska'...