Forecasting the relative influence of environmental and anthropogenic stressors on polar bears

Polar bear population dynamics in the southern Beaufort Sea during a period of sea ice decline

(2015) Jeffrey F. Bromaghin et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Can polar bears use terrestrial foods to offset lost ice-based hunting opportunities?

(2015) Karyn D Rode et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Establishing a definition of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) health: A guide to research and management activities

(2015) Kelly A. Patyk et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Influence of internal variability on Arctic sea-ice trends

(2015) Neil C. Swart et al.   Nature Climate Change

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

(2015) Elizabeth Peacock et al.   PLoS One

Unusual Predation Attempts of Polar Bears on Ringed Seals in the Southern Beaufort Sea: Possible Significance of Changing Spring Ice Conditions

(2014) Ian Stirling et al.   ARCTIC

Maximum warming occurs about one decade after a carbon dioxide emission

(2014) Katharine L Ricke et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Changes in Arctic melt season and implications for sea ice loss

(2014) J. C. Stroeve et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Projected Polar Bear Sea Ice Habitat in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

(2014) Stephen G. Hamilton et al.   PLoS One

Spatio-temporal variability of snow over sea ice in western Hudson Bay, with reference to ringed seal pup survival

(2014) John Iacozza et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

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

(2014) S. A. Iverson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Low MHC variation in the polar bear: implications in the face of Arctic warming?

(2013) D. S. Weber et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Projected 21st-century changes to Arctic marine access

(2013) Scott R. Stephenson et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

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

New Trans-Arctic shipping routes navigable by midcentury

(2013) L. C. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A circumpolar monitoring framework for polar bears

(2013) Dag Vongraven et al.   URSUS

Impact of delay in reducing carbon dioxide emissions

(2013) Myles R. Allen et al.   Nature Climate Change

Monitoring sea ice habitat fragmentation for polar bear conservation

(2012) V. Sahanatien et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Metrics for evaluating performance and uncertainty of Bayesian network models

(2012) Bruce G. Marcot   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Determining the adaptive potential of maternal stress

(2012) M. J. Sheriff et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Maternal adversity and ecological stressors in natural populations: the role of stress axis programming in individuals, with implications for populations and communities

(2012) Oliver P. Love et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2012) Ian Stirling et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

Bayesian networks in environmental and resource management

(2012) David N Barton et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

The representative concentration pathways: an overview

(2011) Detlef P. van Vuuren et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Polar bear population status in the northern Beaufort Sea, Canada, 1971–2006

(2011) Ian Stirling et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Sea ice and polar bear den ecology at Hopen Island, Svalbard

(2011) AE Derocher et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Global threats to pinnipeds

(2011) Kit M. Kovacs et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Projected status of the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) in the twenty-first century

(2011) Chadwick V. Jay et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

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

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

Predicting climate change impacts on polar bear litter size

(2011) Péter K. Molnár et al.   Nature Communications

Solar partitioning in a changing Arctic sea-ice cover

(2011) D.K. Perovich et al.   ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY

Predicting survival, reproduction and abundance of polar bears under climate change

(2010) Péter K. Molnár et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

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

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

Early warning signals of extinction in deteriorating environments

(2010) John M. Drake et al.   NATURE

Greenhouse gas mitigation can reduce sea-ice loss and increase polar bear persistence

(2010) Steven C. Amstrup et al.   NATURE

Has early ice clearance increased predation on breeding birds by polar bears?

(2010) Paul A. Smith et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

History of sea ice in the Arctic

(2010) Leonid Polyak et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Impacts of changing sea-ice conditions on Arctic marine mammals

(2010) Kit M. Kovacs et al.   Marine Biodiversity

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

Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas in the Arctic

(2009) D. L. Gautier et al.   SCIENCE

Interactions between effects of environmental chemicals and natural stressors: A review

(2009) Martin Holmstrup et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A NONINVASIVE DEMOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF SEA LIONS BASED ON STAGE-SPECIFIC ABUNDANCES

(2008) Jeffrey Wielgus et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACTS AND RESILIENCE

(2008) Sue E. Moore et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

REGIONAL VARIABILITY IN FOOD AVAILABILITY FOR ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS

(2008) Bodil A. Bluhm et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ARCTIC MARINE MAMMAL HEALTH

(2008) Kathy A. Burek 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

Impact of a shrinking Arctic ice cover on marine primary production

(2008) Kevin R. Arrigo et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Diseases and reproductive success in a wild mammal: example in the alpine chamois

(2008) Maryline Pioz et al.   OECOLOGIA

The early bear gets the goose: climate change, polar bears and lesser snow geese in western Hudson Bay

(2008) R. F. Rockwell et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Effects of sea ice extent and food availability on spatial and temporal distribution of polar bears during the fall open-water period in the Southern Beaufort Sea

(2008) S. Schliebe et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Assessment of Environmental Risks from Toxic and Nontoxic Stressors; A Proposed Concept for a Risk-Based Management Tool for Offshore Drilling Discharges

(2008) Mathijs GD Smit et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management