Practical tools to quantify range-wide dietary choices of the polar bear have not been well developed, thus impeding the monitoring of this species in a changing climate. Here we describe our steps toward non-invasive polar bear diet determination with the optimization of 454 pyrosequencing of a 136 base pair (bp) mitochondrial cytochrome b (cytb) fragment amplified from the extracts of captive and wild polar bear faeces. We first determine the efficacy, reliability, and accuracy of our method using five faecal samples from a captive polar bear fed a known diet at the Canadian Polar Bear Habitat in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada; 19 samples from three polar bears at the Metro Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and seven samples from seven wi...
Across the central coast of Alaska’s North Slope, human-polar bear interactions concern both industr...
In a large polar bear denning area inland from the coast of western Hudson Bay south of Churchill, M...
Vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and inorganic nutrients (nitrate, phos...
Practical tools to quantify range-wide dietary choices of the polar bear have not been well develope...
Polar bears depend on sea ice for survival. Climate warming in the Arctic has caused significant dec...
To retain viable polar bear subpopulations, scientific monitoring studies are conducted to inform ad...
Diet from stomach contents and body condition from morphometric measurements were obtained for 169 (...
The National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPR-A) in northeastern Alaska provides winter maternal dennin...
Increasing interactions of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) with human activity, combined with impacts ...
Recognition that polar bears are shared by hunters in Canada and Alaska prompted development of the ...
Polar bears are important socio-cultural symbols in the communities of the Eeyou Marine Region (EMR)...
A detailed understanding of the processes and interactions within biological communities is needed t...
Successful wildlife management depends upon coordination and consultation with local communities. Ho...
We estimated demographic parameters and harvest risks for a population of polar bears (Ursus maritim...
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is considered an indicator species of ecosystem health because of i...
Across the central coast of Alaska’s North Slope, human-polar bear interactions concern both industr...
In a large polar bear denning area inland from the coast of western Hudson Bay south of Churchill, M...
Vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and inorganic nutrients (nitrate, phos...
Practical tools to quantify range-wide dietary choices of the polar bear have not been well develope...
Polar bears depend on sea ice for survival. Climate warming in the Arctic has caused significant dec...
To retain viable polar bear subpopulations, scientific monitoring studies are conducted to inform ad...
Diet from stomach contents and body condition from morphometric measurements were obtained for 169 (...
The National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPR-A) in northeastern Alaska provides winter maternal dennin...
Increasing interactions of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) with human activity, combined with impacts ...
Recognition that polar bears are shared by hunters in Canada and Alaska prompted development of the ...
Polar bears are important socio-cultural symbols in the communities of the Eeyou Marine Region (EMR)...
A detailed understanding of the processes and interactions within biological communities is needed t...
Successful wildlife management depends upon coordination and consultation with local communities. Ho...
We estimated demographic parameters and harvest risks for a population of polar bears (Ursus maritim...
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is considered an indicator species of ecosystem health because of i...
Across the central coast of Alaska’s North Slope, human-polar bear interactions concern both industr...
In a large polar bear denning area inland from the coast of western Hudson Bay south of Churchill, M...
Vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and inorganic nutrients (nitrate, phos...