Terrestrial Foraging by Polar Bears during the Ice-Free Period in Western Hudson Bay

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Derocher, Andrew E., Andriashek, Dennis, Stirling, Ian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Age; Animal behaviour; Animal food; Animal population; Animal waste products; Berries; Grasses; Mosses; Polar bears; Sedges; Churchill region; Manitoba; Arctic; Baie d'Hudson; Baie-d'Hudson; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Arctique*; Churchill; Empetrum nigrum; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64405

Food habits of polar bears on land during the ice-free period in western Hudson Bay were examined between 1986 and 1992. In contrast to previous studies, feeding on vegetation during the ice-free period was common. Between August and October, evidence of feeding was found in 34% of the females and 2...