Population ecology of polar bears in Davis Strait, Canada and Greenland

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 463-476

  Peacock, Elizabeth ^a,b   Taylor, Mitchell K ^c   Laake, Jeffrey ^d   Stirling, Ian ^e,f  

^a Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; density effects; harp seal; harvest; mark recapture; polar bear; population demography; sea ice; Ursus maritimus; wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BEAR; DEMOGRAPHY; HARVESTING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PINNIPED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEA ICE; STRAIT; SUBPOPULATION; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARCTIC; CANADA; DAVIS STRAIT; GREENLAND; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

PHOCA GROENLANDICA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84875753303     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.489     Document Type: Article

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