Long-term Trends in the Population Ecology of Polar Bears in Western Hudson Bay in Relation to Climatic Change

From 1981 through 1998, the condition of adult male and female polar bears has declined significantly in western Hudson Bay, as have natality and the proportion of yearling cubs caught during the open water period that were independent at the time of capture. Over this same period, the breakup of th...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Stirling, Ian, Lunn, Nicholas J., Iacozza, John
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1999
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Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63991