Foraging Patterns of Polar Bears (Ursus Maritimus) in a Rapidly Changing Arctic: Insights from Harvest-Based Sampling in Nunavut, Canada

• Main Author: Galicia, Melissa Paula
• Other Authors: Thiemann, Gregory
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Ecology; Polar bear; Feeding ecology; Diet; Body condition; Adipose lipid content; Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis (QFASA); Arctic; Sea ice; Marine mammal; Harvest samples; Remote biopsy; Spatial distribution; Canada; Foxe Basin; Nunavut; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10315/39566

Arctic species are adapted to the seasonal changes in habitat conditions and resource availability; however, anthropogenic climate warming and associated sea ice loss are having widespread ecological consequences. Polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ) are top predators across their circumpolar range, wher...