Quantifying the sensitivity of arctic marine mammals to climate-induced habitat change

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages

  Laidre, Kristin L ^a,f   Stirling, Ian ^b   Lowry, Lloyd F ^c   Wiig, Øystein ^d   Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter ^a   Ferguson, Steven H ^e  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c University of Alas ka   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Extinction risk; Global warming; Marine mammals; Sea ice; Sensitivity index

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIET; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE MAMMAL; MIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SITE FIDELITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BIOLOGY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCTIC;

CYSTOPHORA (MAMMALIA); ERIGNATHUS; MAMMALIA; MONODON; PHOCA HISPIDA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 50149086142     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0546.1     Document Type: Review

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