Aerial surveys suggest long-term stability in the seasonally ice-free Foxe Basin (Nunavut) polar bear population

Implications of the Circumpolar Genetic Structure of Polar Bears for Their Conservation in a Rapidly Warming Arctic

(2015) Elizabeth Peacock et al.   PLoS One

Changes in Land Distribution of Polar Bears in Western Hudson Bay

(2014) Lindsay Towns et al.   ARCTIC

Revisiting Western Hudson Bay: Using aerial surveys to update polar bear abundance in a sentinel population

(2014) Seth Stapleton et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Effects of capturing and collaring on polar bears: findings from long-term research on the southern Beaufort Sea population

(2014) Karyn D. Rode et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Variation in the response of an Arctic top predator experiencing habitat loss: feeding and reproductive ecology of two polar bear populations

(2013) Karyn D. Rode et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2013) Seth G. Cherry et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

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

(2013) Elizabeth Peacock et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

A circumpolar monitoring framework for polar bears

(2013) Dag Vongraven et al.   URSUS

Monitoring sea ice habitat fragmentation for polar bear conservation

(2012) V. Sahanatien et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Effects of climate warming on polar bears: a review of the evidence

(2012) Ian Stirling et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Conservation and management of Canada’s polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in a changing Arctic1This review is part of the virtual symposium “Flagship Species – Flagship Problems” that deals with ecology, biodiversity and management issues, and climate impacts on species at risk and of Canadian importance, including the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), and caribou (Rangifer tarandus).

(2011) E. Peacock et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The Arctic’s rapidly shrinking sea ice cover: a research synthesis

(2011) Julienne C. Stroeve et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

A tale of two polar bear populations: ice habitat, harvest, and body condition

(2011) Karyn D. Rode et al.   POPULATION ECOLOGY

Reduced body size and cub recruitment in polar bears associated with sea ice decline

(2010) Karyn D. Rode et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Predicting 21st-century polar bear habitat distribution from global climate models

(2009) George M. Durner et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Survival and breeding of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea in relation to sea ice

(2009) Eric V. Regehr et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Distance software: design and analysis of distance sampling surveys for estimating population size

(2009) Len Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Demography and population viability of polar bears in the Gulf of Boothia, Nunavut

(2009) Mitchell K. Taylor et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

QUANTIFYING THE SENSITIVITY OF ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS TO CLIMATE-INDUCED HABITAT CHANGE

(2008) Kristin L. Laidre et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

POLAR BEAR DIETS AND ARCTIC MARINE FOOD WEBS: INSIGHTS FROM FATTY ACID ANALYSIS

(2008) Gregory W. Thiemann et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Accelerated decline in the Arctic sea ice cover

(2008) Josefino C. Comiso et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Quantitative Support for a Subjective Fatness Index for Immobilized Polar Bears

(2008) Ian Stirling et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Estimating the Barents Sea polar bear subpopulation size

(2008) J. Aars et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE