Re-estimating the Size of the Polar Bear Population in Western Hudson Bay

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Lunn, N.J., Stirling, I., Andriashek, D., Kolenosky, G.B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1997
• Subjects: population estimates; population models; polar bear; Ursus maritimus; Manitoba; Ontario; estimations de population; modèles de population; ours polaire; Baie d'Hudson; Baie-d'Hudson; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Arctic; Churchill
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64161

A mark-recapture study of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) ashore during the ice-free period of Hudson Bay was undertaken in 1994 and 1995 to re-estimate the size of the western Hudson Bay population. Previous estimates were based on animals caught between the Churchill and Nelson Rivers; consequently,...