Migration phenology and seasonal fidelity of an Arctic marine predator in relation to sea ice dynamics

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 912-921

  Cherry, Seth G ^a   Derocher, Andrew E ^a   Thiemann, Gregory W ^b   Lunn, Nicholas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic marine ecosystems; Migratory behaviour; Satellite linked telemetry; Sea ice break up and freeze up; Seasonal habitat use; Site fidelity; Spatiotemporal mismatch

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BEAR; BIOTELEMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HABITAT USE; ICE BREAKUP; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; PHENOLOGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SITE FIDELITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BEAR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; SEASONS; URSIDAE;

EID: 84879149648     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12050     Document Type: Article

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