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

By S. Schliebe, K. Rode, Jeffrey S. Gleason, J. Wilder, K. Proffitt, T. Evans, Susanne Miller. Polar Biology, 2008

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Ecology

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In Atmospheric Science

1. A. Derocher
2. Ian Stirling
3. Steven C. Amstrup
4. Kit M. Kovacs
5. C. Lydersen
6. J. Aars
7. G. Thiemann
8. S. Moore

In Ecology

1. Ian Stirling
2. Steven C. Amstrup
3. A. Derocher
4. Kit M. Kovacs
5. C. Lydersen
6. G. Thiemann
7. J. Aars
8. S. Moore

Citations in the corpus

• Arctic sea ice in transformation: A review of recent observed changes and impacts on biology and human activity (2014, background): “This latter phenomenon of spending more time on shore is being seen in many arctic areas, as sea ice recedes earlier and forms later, leaving bears stranded on shore for longer periods [Schliebe et al., 2008; Gleason and Rode, 2009; Towns et al., 2010].”
• Rapid ecosystem change and polar bear conservation (2013, background): “Human-bear conflicts will increase as the body condition of individual bears in a population declines, and as greater numbers of bears are stranded ashore for longer periods (Schliebe et al. 2008; Towns et al. 2009).”
• Impacts of changing sea-ice conditions on Arctic marine mammals (2011, background): “The tendency for bears to spend more time on land (e.g., Schliebe et al. 2008) increases the potential for human-bear interactions (e.g., Towns et al. 2009) and may give false impressions of regional densities (Stirling and Parkinson 2006).”
• Forecasting the relative influence of environmental and anthropogenic stressors on polar bears (2016, background): “Bears in the Divergent historically spent ≤ 7% of their time on land (Amstrup et al. 2000, Amstrup 2003), but with recent prolonged sea ice retreats more bears now come ashore for longer periods during summer (Ovsyanikov and Menyushina 2007, Schliebe et al. 2008).”
• Consequences of long-distance swimming and travel over deep-water pack ice for a female polar bear during a year of extreme sea ice retreat (2011, result): “Our observation is consistent with aerial survey data which has recorded a maximum of only 8% of the estimated 1,526 polar bears in southern Beaufort Sea (Regehr et al. 2006) remaining on land during summer ( Schliebe et al. 2008 ).”
• Hibernation and seasonal fasting in bears: the energetic costs and consequences for polar bears (2012, background): “…to populations where starvation is less of an issue, but fasts are long enough to reduce female condition below critical thresholds for implantation or adequate milk production necessary for survival of dependent offspring (Derocher et al. 2011; Ferguson et al. 2000; Schliebe et al. 2008).”
• Climate change and the increasing impact of polar bears on bird populations (2015, background): “, 2004; Stirling, 2011), fits well with records from other parts of the Arctic (Schliebe et al., 2008; Smith et al., 2010; Iverson et al., 2014).”