Validation of adipose lipid content as a body condition index for polar bears

Polar bear use of a persistent food subsidy: Insights from non-invasive genetic sampling in Alaska

(2014) Jason Herreman et al.   URSUS

When will the summer Arctic be nearly sea ice free?

(2013) James E. Overland et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Global change effects on the long-term feeding ecology and contaminant exposures of East Greenland polar bears

(2013) Melissa A. McKinney et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

Remote biopsy darting and marking of polar bears

(2013) Anthony M. Pagano et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

A circumpolar monitoring framework for polar bears

(2013) Dag Vongraven et al.   URSUS

Hibernation and seasonal fasting in bears: the energetic costs and consequences for polar bears

(2012) Charles T. Robbins et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Maternal condition determines birth date and growth of newborn bear cubs

(2012) Charles T. Robbins et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Stability of fatty acid composition in seal blubber during long-term storage

(2012) Y Lind et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Determining Seabird Body Condition Using Nonlethal Measures

(2012) Shoshanah R. Jacobs et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

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

Assessment of nutritional condition indices across reproductive states in the striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)

(2011) E. Gómez-Campos et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

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

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

Ethical issues faced by field primatologists: asking the relevant questions

(2010) Linda Marie Fedigan   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Marine mammal blubber reference and control materials for use in the determination of halogenated organic compounds and fatty acids

(2010) John R. Kucklick et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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

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

The paradigm of body condition: a critical reappraisal of current methods based on mass and length

(2010) Jordi Peig et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

A body composition model to estimate mammalian energy stores and metabolic rates from body mass and body length, with application to polar bears

(2009) P. K. Molnar et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Leptin as a surrogate indicator of body fat in the American black bear

(2009) Thomas J. Spady et al.   URSUS

Quantitative Support for a Subjective Fatness Index for Immobilized Polar Bears

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