Future sea ice conditions in Western Hudson Bay and consequences for polar bears in the 21st century

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2675-2687

  Castro de la Guardia, Laura ^a   Derocher, Andrew E ^a   Myers, Paul G ^a   Terwisscha van Scheltinga, Arjen D ^a,b   Lunn, Nick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breakup; Climate change; Global warming; Hudson Bay; Ice free season; Polar bear; Sea ice concentration; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

ICE;

BEAR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SEA ICE; SURVIVAL; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; BREAKUP; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUDSON BAY; ICE-FREE SEASON; POLAR BEAR; SEA; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION;

BREAKUP; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HUDSON BAY; ICE-FREE SEASON; POLAR BEAR; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; URSUS MARITIMUS;

ANIMALS; CANADA; FORECASTING; ICE; OCEANS AND SEAS; URSIDAE;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84881550856     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12272     Document Type: Article

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