We investigated the influence of ice conditions on activity and movement patterns of polar bears in the Canadian-West Greenland Arctic. We used radiotelemetry data gathered over 11 years (1989-99) from 160 adult female polar bears to test for differences in movement and activity of bears inhabiting active ice and consolidated ice. Bears inhabiting active ice moved more than those inhabiting consolidated ice (12 versus 8 km/day), but their activity throughout the year did not differ (bears of both groups were active for 21% of the day). Differences in activity and movement of bears in the two study areas appeared to be related to differences in predominant ice conditions and presumed prey availability. Seals, particularly juveniles, are most...
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are an iconic Arctic species, but residents of Arctic coastal communit...
Throughout their circumpolar range, pregnant female polar bears (Ursus maritimus) create snow dens i...
Migration is a common life history strategy among Arctic vertebrates, yet some of its aspects remain...
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is considered an indicator species of ecosystem health because of i...
From 1981 through 1998, the condition of adult male and female polar bears has declined significantl...
Sea ice is an integral part of the marine ecosystem in the Arctic and important habitat for ringed s...
Increasing interactions of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) with human activity, combined with impacts ...
Polar bears depend on sea ice for survival. Climate warming in the Arctic has caused significant dec...
The locations of polar bear snow dens in winter on the Simpson Peninsula, Nunavut, and nearby island...
Harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus) that breed in February and March in the White Sea migrate to o...
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) display fidelity to large geographic regions, and their movements are ...
We examined the capture locations of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) on land in western Hudson Bay ove...
Over the last four decades there has been a trend to earlier summer breakup of the sea ice in wester...
8. Polar Bear Ursus maritimus French: Ours blanc / German: Eisbar / Spanish: Oso polar Othe...
In the eastern Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf, research on polar bear populations and their ecologic...
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are an iconic Arctic species, but residents of Arctic coastal communit...
Throughout their circumpolar range, pregnant female polar bears (Ursus maritimus) create snow dens i...
Migration is a common life history strategy among Arctic vertebrates, yet some of its aspects remain...
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is considered an indicator species of ecosystem health because of i...
From 1981 through 1998, the condition of adult male and female polar bears has declined significantl...
Sea ice is an integral part of the marine ecosystem in the Arctic and important habitat for ringed s...
Increasing interactions of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) with human activity, combined with impacts ...
Polar bears depend on sea ice for survival. Climate warming in the Arctic has caused significant dec...
The locations of polar bear snow dens in winter on the Simpson Peninsula, Nunavut, and nearby island...
Harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus) that breed in February and March in the White Sea migrate to o...
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) display fidelity to large geographic regions, and their movements are ...
We examined the capture locations of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) on land in western Hudson Bay ove...
Over the last four decades there has been a trend to earlier summer breakup of the sea ice in wester...
8. Polar Bear Ursus maritimus French: Ours blanc / German: Eisbar / Spanish: Oso polar Othe...
In the eastern Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf, research on polar bear populations and their ecologic...
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are an iconic Arctic species, but residents of Arctic coastal communit...
Throughout their circumpolar range, pregnant female polar bears (Ursus maritimus) create snow dens i...
Migration is a common life history strategy among Arctic vertebrates, yet some of its aspects remain...