Longer ice-free seasons increase the risk of nest depredation by polar bears for colonial breeding birds in the Canadian Arctic

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1779, 2014, Pages

  Iverson, Samuel A ^a   Gilchrist, H Grant ^b   Smith, Paul A ^b   Gaston, Anthony J ^b   Forbes, Mark R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bird; Climate change; Foraging; Polar bear; Predator prey dynamics

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NEST PREDATION; PINNIPED; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIRD; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING; ICE COVER; PHYSIOLOGY; POLAR BEAR; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY DYNAMICS; SEASON;

ARCTIC; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORAGING; POLAR BEAR; PREDATOR-PREY DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD CHAIN; ICE COVER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; URSIDAE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 84902669036     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3128     Document Type: Article

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