Use of Subsistence-Harvested Whale Carcasses by Polar Bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Lillie, Kate M., Gese, Eric M., Atwood, Todd C., Conner, Mary M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2019
• Subjects: bone pile; onshore behavior; polar bear; southern Beaufort Sea; Ursus maritimus; whale carcass; tas d’ossements; comportement côtier; sud de la mer de Beaufort; carcasse de baleine; Baleine; Mer de Beaufort; Snag; Manger; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/69449

The availability of a food subsidy has the potential to influence the condition, behavior, fitness, and population dynamics of a species. Since the early 2000s, monitoring efforts along the coast of northern Alaska have indicated a higher proportion of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) of the southern B...