ArticleEcology and evolution2018
Range contraction and increasing isolation of a polar bear subpopulation in an era of sea-ice loss.
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- Telemetry without collars: performance of fur- and ear-mounted satellite tags for evaluating the movement and behaviour of polar bears.Animal biotelemetry · 2024Article
- Impact of Holocene environmental change on the evolutionary ecology of an Arctic top predator.Science advances · 2023Article
- Drivers of polar bear behavior and the possible effects of prey availability on foraging strategy.Movement ecology · 2022Article
- An on-ice aerial survey of the Kane Basin polar bear (Polar biology · 2022Article
- Sea ice reduction drives genetic differentiation among Barents Sea polar bears.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Comparing sea ice habitat fragmentation metrics using integrated step selection analysis.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
- Interrelated ecological impacts of climate change on an apex predator.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2020Article
- Canadian polar bear population structure using genome-wide markers.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
- Are polar bear habitat resource selection functions developed from 1985-1995 data still useful?Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- Geographical assignment of polar bears using multi-element isoscapes.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Spatial differences in genetic diversity and northward migration suggest genetic erosion along the boreal caribou southern range limit and continued range retraction.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- Tracking arctic marine mammal resilience in an era of rapid ecosystem alteration.PLoS biology · 2018Article
- Range contraction and increasing isolation of a polar bear subpopulation in an era of sea-ice loss.Ecology and evolution · 2018Article
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10 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Climate change is expected to result in range shifts and habitat fragmentation for many species. In the Arctic, loss of sea ice will reduce barriers to dispersal or eliminate movement corridors, resulting in increased connectivity or geographic isolation with sweeping implications for conservation. We used satellite telemetry, data from individually marked animals (research and harvest), and microsatellite genetic data to examine changes in geographic range, emigration, and interpopulation connectivity of the Baffin Bay (BB) polar bear (
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