The effects of forest fires on polar bear maternity denning habitat in western Hudson Bay

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-378

  Richardson, E ^a,b   Stirling, I ^a,b   Kochtubajda, B ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PATERNITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 33846091448     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0193-7     Document Type: Article

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