Human Interaction and Disturbance of Denning Polar Bears on Alaska’s North Slope

• Main Authors: Larson, Wesley G., Smith, Thomas S., York, Geoff
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2020
• Subjects: Alaska; anthropogenic stressors; Arctic; disturbance; human-bear conflict; North Slope; polar bears; Ursus americanus; Ursus maritimus; agents stressants anthropiques; Arctique; perturbation; conflit entre les humains et les ours; ours polaires; Mer de Beaufort; Arctique*; Beaufort Sea; Climate change; north slope; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/70306

Across the central coast of Alaska’s North Slope, human-polar bear interactions concern both industry andwildlife managers alike. In response to sea ice reductions due to climate change, parturient polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Southern Beaufort Sea subpopulation are increasingly accessing co...