Assessing the adaptive capacity of an Arctic seabird to increasing frequency in predation risk from polar bears using behavioural and physiological metrics
Predator-prey dynamics in the Arctic are being altered with changing sea-ice phenology. The increasing frequency of predation on colonial nesting seabird eggs by a rare predator - the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), is a consequence of bears shifting to terrestrial food resources through a shortened s...
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University of Windsor
2021
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Online Access: | https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/8841 https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/context/etd/article/9845/viewcontent/Geldart_uwindsor_0115O_12654.pdf |