Response to Dyck et al. (2007) on polar bears and climate change in western Hudson Bay

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-201

  Stirling, Ian ^a,b   Derocher, Andrew E ^b   Gough, William A ^c   Rode, Karyn ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Marine Mammals Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Climate change; Hudson Bay; Polar bear; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 48949116936     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.01.004     Document Type: Note

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