Alternative methods for monitoring polar bears in the North American arctic

• Main Author: Stapleton, Seth
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Abundance estimation; Aerial survey; Arctic; Monitoring; Polar bear; Remote sensing; Canada; Foxe Basin; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Nunavut; Climate change; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/162524

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. December 2013. Major: Conservation Biology. Advisor: David Garshelis. 1 computer file (PDF); ix, 135 pages. Because polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are dependent on sea ice, climate change poses a significant threat to their long-term existence. The forecast...