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).

Voices from the Margins : the Muskekowuck Athinuwick/Cree People of Northern Ontario and the Management of Wabusk/Polar Bear

(2014) Raynald Harvey Lemelin et al.   ARCTIC

Polar Bear Distribution and Habitat Association Reflect Long-term Changes in Fall Sea Ice Conditions in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea

(2014) Jeffrey S. Gleason et al.   ARCTIC

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

Climate change threatens polar bear populations: a stochastic demographic analysis

(2010) Christine M. Hunter et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Steven C. Amstrup et al.   NATURE

Implications of Climate Change for Northern Canada: Freshwater, Marine, and Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2009) Terry D. Prowse et al.   AMBIO

Understanding the Diversity of Public Interests in Wildlife Conservation

(2009) TARA L. TEEL et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Loss of Arctic sea ice causing punctuated change in sightings of killer whales (Orcinus orca) over the past century

(2009) Jeff W. Higdon et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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

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

Sea Ice-associated Diet Change Increases the Levels of Chlorinated and Brominated Contaminants in Polar Bears

(2009) Melissa A. McKinney et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

Recent changes in Arctic sea ice melt onset, freezeup, and melt season length

(2009) Thorsten Markus et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

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

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

Spatial and temporal patterns of problem polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba

(2009) Lindsay Towns et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Population genetic structure in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Hudson Bay, Canada: Implications of future climate change

(2008) Ashleigh E. Crompton et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Travelling and hunting in a changing Arctic: assessing Inuit vulnerability to sea ice change in Igloolik, Nunavut

(2008) Gita J. Laidler et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Credibility

(2008)   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

CONSERVATION OF ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS FACED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE

(2008) Timothy J. Ragen et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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

Estimating the Barents Sea polar bear subpopulation size

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

Polar bear Ursus maritimus conservation in Canada: an ecological basis for identifying designatable units

(2008) Gregory W. Thiemann et al.   ORYX

Human geographies of sea ice: freeze/thaw processes around Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada

(2008) Gita J. Laidler et al.   POLAR RECORD

Human geographies of sea ice: freeze/thaw processes around Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada

(2008) Gita J. Laidler et al.   POLAR RECORD