Population parameters and harvest risks for polar bears (Ursus maritimus) of Kane Basin, Canada and Greenland

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 491-499

  Taylor, Mitchell K ^a   Laake, Jeff ^b   McLoughlin, Philip D ^c   Cluff, H Dean ^d   Born, Erik W ^e   Rosing Asvid, Aqqalu ^e   Messier, François ^c  

^a Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^e GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Demography; Harvest; Mark recapture; Polar bear; Population viability analysis (PVA); Program MARK; Program RISKMAN

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ARCTIC; CANADA; GREENLAND; KANE BASIN; NARES STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA; SMITH SOUND;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 38849095837     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0375-y     Document Type: Article

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