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

scientific article

A circumpolar monitoring framework for polar bears

article by Dag Vongraven et al published November 2012 in Ursus

A demographic survey of the Davis Strait polar bear subpopulation using physical and genetic capture‐recapture‐recovery sampling

scientific article published in 2024

A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals

scientific article published in 2022

Absence of trypanosomes in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic

scientific article published in 2018

Adaptation of the hindlimbs for climbing in bears

article by Motoki Sasaki et al published April 2005 in Annals of Anatomy

Age and sex composition of seals killed by polar bears in the eastern Beaufort Sea

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

An incident of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism on Phippsøya, Svalbard

article by Ian R. Stone & Andrew E. Derocher published 28 March 2007 in Polar Record

Anthropogenic food: an emerging threat to polar bears

scientific article published in 2022

Aspects of milk composition and lactation in polar bears

article

Aspects of survival in juvenile polar bears

article by Andrew E. Derocher & Ian Stirling published July 1996 in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Assessing polar bear (Ursus maritimus) population structure in the Hudson Bay region using SNPs

scientific article

Assessing spatial discreteness of Hudson Bay polar bear populations using telemetry and genetics

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Autumn migration phenology of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in Hudson Bay, Canada

scientific article published in 2022

Body composition of three polar bear ( Ursus maritimus ) cubs found dead at Svalbard

article

Brominated flame retardants in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, East Greenland, and Svalbard

scientific article published in January 2006

Brown Bear ( Ursus arctos ) Predation of Broad Whitefish ( Coregonus nasus ) in the Mackenzie Delta Region, Northwest Territories

article by Oliver E. Barker & Andrew E. Derocher published 11 September 2009 in Arctic

Brucella sp. antibodies in polar bears from Svalbard and the Barents Sea.

scientific article

Changes in Land Distribution of Polar Bears in Western Hudson Bay

article by Lindsay Towns et al published 16 June 2010 in Arctic

Chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminants and metabolites in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Alaska, Canada, East Greenland, and Svalbard: 1996-2002.

scientific article

Choose your poison - Space-use strategy influences pollutant exposure in Barents Sea polar bears

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Chronic stress and body condition of wolf-killed prey in Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan

scientific article published on 10 July 2019

Circumpolar study of perfluoroalkyl contaminants in polar bears (Ursus maritimus).

scientific article published in August 2005

Climate change: The prospects for polar bears

scientific article published in Nature

Comparing sea ice habitat fragmentation metrics using integrated step selection analysis

scientific article published on 12 April 2020

Congener-Specific Accumulation and Food Chain Transfer of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Two Arctic Food Chains

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Contaminants in Svalbard polar bear samples archived since 1967 and possible population level effects

scientific article published on January 2003

Contrasting Temporal Patterns of Mercury, Niche Dynamics, and Body Fat Indices of Polar Bears and Ringed Seals in a Melting Icescape

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

Correction: Implications of the circumpolar genetic structure of polar bears for their conservation in a rapidly warming Arctic

scientific article published on 14 August 2015

Corrigendum: Windscapes and olfactory foraging in a large carnivore.

scientific article published on 31 May 2018

Diet energy density estimated from isotopes in predator hair associated with survival, habitat, and population dynamics

scientific article published in 2022

Differences in mercury bioaccumulation between polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the Canadian high- and sub-Arctic

scientific article

Differences in oligosaccharide pattern of a sample of polar bear colostrum and mid-lactation milk

scientific article

Differentiating the Lévy walk from a composite correlated random walk ⬇️

scholarly article

Distribution of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during the ice-free period in western Hudson Bay

article by Andrew E. Derocher & Ian Stirling published July 1990 in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Does high organochlorine (OC) exposure impair the resistance to infection in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)? Part I: Effect of OCs on the humoral immunity

scientific article published in April 2004

Does high organochlorine (OC) exposure impair the resistance to infection in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)? Part II: Possible effect of OCs on mitogen- and antigen-induced lymphocyte proliferation.

scientific article

Does taurine deficiency cause metabolic bone disease and rickets in polar bear cubs raised in captivity?

scientific article published in January 2009

Drivers of polar bear behavior and the possible effects of prey availability on foraging strategy

scientific article published in 2022

EFFECTS OF FASTING AND FEEDING ON SERUM UREA AND SERUM CREATININE LEVELS IN POLAR BEARS

article by Andrew E. Derocher et al published July 1990 in Marine Mammal Science

Ecological risk assessment of persistent organic pollutants in the arctic

scientific article

Effects of chemical immobilization on the movement rates of free-ranging polar bears

article by Gregory W. Thiemann et al published 16 April 2013 in Journal of Mammalogy

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

scientific article published on 09 July 2012

Energy‐based step selection analysis: Modelling the energetic drivers of animal movement and habitat use

scientific article published in 2022

Estimating Allee dynamics before they can be observed: polar bears as a case study ⬇️

scientific article published in 2014

Estimating Cementum Annuli Width in Polar Bears: Identifying Sources of Variation and Error

article

Estimation of Polar Bear Population Size and Survival in Western Hudson Bay

article by Andrew E. Derocher & Ian Stirling published April 1995 in Journal of Wildlife Management

Evaluating random search strategies in three mammals from distinct feeding guilds

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Factors Affecting the Evolution and Behavioral Ecology of the Modern Bears

article by Ian Stirling & Andrew E. Derocher published 1990 in Ursus

Fast carnivores and slow herbivores: differential foraging strategies among grizzly bears in the Canadian Arctic

scientific article published on 12 December 2010

Fasting physiology of polar bears in relation to environmental change and breeding behavior in the Beaufort Sea

scholarly article by Seth G. Cherry et al published 22 October 2008 in Polar Biology

Functional responses in polar bear habitat selection

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Future sea ice conditions in Western Hudson Bay and consequences for polar bears in the 21st century

scientific article

Genetic structure of the world's polar bear populations.

scientific article

Geographical distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Norwegian and Russian Arctic.

scientific article published in May 2003

Habitat selection by arctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus parryii)

scientific article published in 2010

Habitat-mediated timing of migration in polar bears: an individual perspective

scientific article

Hair Mercury Concentrations in Western Hudson Bay Polar Bear Family Groups

scientific article

Heating Up Conservation

Hemoglobin, pH and DPG/chloride shifting

scientific article published in December 2004

Home range size variation in female arctic grizzly bears relative to reproductive status and resource availability

scientific article published on 03 July 2013

Home ranges in moving habitats: polar bears and sea ice

scientific article published in 2015

How many cubs can a mum nurse? Maternal age and size influence litter size in polar bears

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Hundreds of Unrecognized Halogenated Contaminants Discovered in Polar Bear Blood

scientific article published on 23 November 2018

Hundreds of Unrecognized Halogenated Contaminants Discovered in Polar Bear Serum

scientific article published on 15 November 2018

Implications of the circumpolar genetic structure of polar bears for their conservation in a rapidly warming Arctic

scientific article

Influence of intraspecific competition on the distribution of a wide-ranging, non-territorial carnivore

article

Influence of sea ice dynamics on population energetics of Western Hudson Bay polar bears

scientific article published on 30 December 2020

Intrapopulation variability in wolf diet revealed using a combined stable isotope and fatty acid approach

article published in 2018

It's Seals on the Rocks for Polar Bears [with Reply]

article by G. Edgar Folk & Andrew E. Derocher published May 2003 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Latitudinal variation in litter size of polar bears: ecology or methodology?

article by Andrew E. Derocher published 25 October 1999 in Polar Biology

Long-Distance Movement of a Female Polar Bear from Canada to Russia

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Male-Biased Harvesting of Polar Bears in Western Hudson Bay

article

Mass Loss Rates of Fasting Polar Bears

scientific article

Mating-related behaviour of grizzly bears inhabiting marginal habitat at the periphery of their North American range

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

Mercury and cortisol in Western Hudson Bay polar bear hair

scientific article published on 5 June 2015

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

scientific article

Milk composition in free-ranging polar bears (Ursus maritimus) as a model for captive rearing milk formula

scientific article published on 18 January 2011

Modeling optimal responses and fitness consequences in a changing Arctic

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

Modelling the mating system of polar bears: a mechanistic approach to the Allee effect

scientific article (publication date: 22 January 2008)

Monitoring PCBs in polar bears: lessons learned from Svalbard.

scientific article published on October 2001

Movements of two Svalbard polar bears recorded using geographical positioning system satellite transmitters

article by Magnus Andersen et al published 21 February 2008 in Polar Biology

Multi-temporal factors influence predation for polar bears in a changing climate

scientific article published in 2015

Nursing vocalization of a polar bear cub

article

Occurrence and prevalence of Clostridium perfringens in polar bears from Svalbard, Norway

scientific article published in January 2008

Oil contamination of polar bears

article by Andrew E. Derocher & Ian Stirling published January 1991 in Polar Record

On the integration of ecological and physiological variables in polar bear toxicology research: a systematic review

article by Thea Bechshoft et al published March 2018 in Environmental Reviews

Opportunistic evaluation of modelled sea ice drift using passively drifting telemetry collars in Hudson Bay, Canada

scientific article

Organochlorines affect the major androgenic hormone, testosterone, in male polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard

scientific article

Organochlorines affect the steroid hormone cortisol in free-ranging polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard, Norway

scientific article

Organochlorines in top predators at Svalbard — occurrence, levels and effects

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

PCBs and OH-PCBs in polar bear mother-cub pairs: a comparative study based on plasma levels in 1998 and 2008.

scientific article published on 21 January 2012

POLAR BEARS IN NORTHWEST GREENLAND: AN INTERVIEW SURVEY ABOUT THE CATCH AND THE CLIMATE. Born, Heilman, Holm and Laidre. 2011. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. 232 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 978-87-635-3168-9. £47.49

scholarly article by Andrew E. Derocher published 21 December 2012 in Polar Record

Perfluoroalkyl substances in polar bear mother–cub pairs: A comparative study based on plasma levels from 1998 and 2008

article by Jenny Bytingsvik et al published November 2012 in Environment International

Plasma biochemical values from apparently healthy free-ranging polar bears from Svalbard

scientific article published on July 2002

Polar Bear Harvest Patterns Across the Circumpolar Arctic

scientific article published in 2022

Polar Bears: Living with the White Bear. Nikita Ovsyanikov. 1996. Shrewsbury: Swan Hill Press. 144 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 1-85310-807-3. £ 19.95

article by Andrew E. Derocher published July 1997 in Polar Record

Polar bear ( Ursus maritimus ) Migration from Maternal Dens in Western Hudson Bay

article by Meredith Yee et al published 3 September 2017 in Arctic

Polar bear (<i>Ursus maritimus</i>) use of the Cape Bathurst polynya and flaw lead

scientific article published in 2022

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) maternity den distribution in Svalbard, Norway

article by Magnus Andersen et al published 9 September 2011 in Polar Biology

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

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Polar bear hemoglobin and human Hb A0: same 2,3-diphosphoglycerate binding site but asymmetry of the binding?

scientific article

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

scientific article

Polar bear predatory behaviour reveals seascape distribution of ringed seal lairs

article by Nicholas W. Pilfold et al published 29 August 2013 in Population Ecology

Polar bears : proceedings of the 14th Working meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 20-24 June 2005, Seattle, Washington, USA

article

Polar bears in a warming climate

scientific article published in April 2004

Polychlorinated biphenyls and reproductive hormones in female polar bears at Svalbard

scientific article

Population ecology of polar bears at Svalbard, Norway

article by Andrew E. Derocher published 30 September 2005 in Population Ecology

Population structure and dispersal of wolves in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

article

Population substructure and space use of Foxe Basin polar bears

scientific article

Possible Impacts of Climatic Warming on Polar Bears

article

Post-conflict movements of polar bears in western Hudson Bay, Canada

scientific article published in 2023

Predation of Svalbard reindeer by polar bears

article by Andrew E. Derocher et al published 22 September 2000 in Polar Biology

Predation risk and space use of a declining Dall sheep (Ovis dalli dalli) population

scientific article published on 15 April 2019

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

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Predicting climate change impacts on polar bear litter size ⬇️

scientific article

Pregnancy rates and serum progesterone levels of polar bears in western Hudson Bay

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Prevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard and East Greenland

scientific article published in February 2009

Projected polar bear sea ice habitat in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

scientific article

Quantifying dietary pathways of proteins and lipids to tissues of a marine predator

scientific article published in 2010

RINGED SEAL (PHOCA HISPIDA) BREEDING IN THE DRIFTING PACK ICE OF THE BARENTS SEA

Rapid ecosystem change and polar bear conservation

article by Andrew E. Derocher et al published February 2013 in Conservation Letters

Reconstructing the reproductive history of female polar bears using cementum patterns of premolar teeth

article by Sarah Medill et al published 9 August 2009 in Polar Biology

Relationships between PCBs and thyroid hormones and retinol in female and male polar bears

scientific article

Relationships between plasma levels of organochlorines, retinol and thyroid hormones from polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard.

scientific article published in February 2001

Response to Dyck et al. (2007) on polar bears and climate change in western Hudson Bay

article

Ringed seal demography in a changing climate

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF POLAR BEARS

article by Andrew E. Derocher et al published October 2005 in Journal of Mammalogy

Sampling rate and misidentification of Lévy and non-Lévy movement paths: comment

scientific article published in August 2011

Sea ice reduction drives genetic differentiation among Barents Sea polar bears

scientific article published on 08 September 2021

Serologic survey for selected virus infections in polar bears at Svalbard

scientific article

Serosurvey for Trichinella in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard and the Barents Sea

article by Kjetil Åsbakk et al published September 2010 in Veterinary Parasitology

Sexual dimorphism and the mating ecology of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard

article by Andrew E. Derocher et al published 20 February 2010 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Space use patterns affect stable isotopes of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Beaufort Sea

scientific article published in 2019

Space-use strategies of female polar bears in a dynamic sea ice habitat

article by Mette Mauritzen et al published September 2001 in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Space-use strategies of female polar bears in a dynamic sea ice habitat

article by Mette Mauritzen et al published 2001 in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Space-use strategy is an important determinant of PCB concentrations in female polar bears in the Barents Sea.

scientific article published in November 2003

Spatial and temporal variability in ringed seal (Pusa hispida) stable isotopes in the Beaufort Sea

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Spring fasting behavior in a marine apex predator provides an index of ecosystem productivity.

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Stable isotope mixing models fail to estimate the diet of an avian predator

scientific article published in 2018

State-space models' dirty little secrets: even simple linear Gaussian models can have estimation problems. ⬇️

scientific article published on 25 May 2016

Subpopulation structure of caribou (Rangifer tarandus L.) in arctic and subarctic Canada

scientific article published in September 2011

Survival improvements of marine mammals in zoological institutions mirror historical advances in human longevity

scientific article published in 2023

Temporal Trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Barents Sea Polar Bears ( Ursus maritimus) in Relation to Changes in Feeding Habits and Body Condition

scientific article published on 26 December 2018

Temporal variation in reproduction and body mass of polar bears in western Hudson Bay

article by Andrew E. Derocher & Ian Stirling published September 1995 in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Terrestrial Foraging by Polar Bears during the Ice-Free Period in Western Hudson Bay

article by Andrew E. Derocher et al published 1 January 1993 in Arctic

The Population Dynamics of Polar Bears in Western Hudson Bay

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The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates

scientific article

The influence of weather and lemmings on spatiotemporal variation in the abundance of multiple avian guilds in the arctic

scientific article

The status of the world's land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge

scientific article

The stress of Arctic warming on polar bears

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

The use of hair as a proxy for total and methylmercury burdens in polar bear muscle tissue

scientific article published on 06 June 2019

Time-dependent memory and individual variation in Arctic brown bears (Ursus arctos)

scientific article published on 11 April 2022

Transthyretin-Binding Activity of Contaminants in Blood from Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Cubs

article by Jenny Bytingsvik et al published 3 April 2013 in Environmental Science & Technology

Two Decades of Mercury Concentrations in Barents Sea Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in Relation to Dietary Carbon, Sulfur, and Nitrogen

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

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

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Using Subpopulation Structure for Barren-Ground Grizzly Bear Management

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Using satellite telemetry to define spatial population structure in polar bears in the Norwegian and western Russian Arctic

article by Mette Mauritzen et al published February 2002 in Journal of Applied Ecology

Variance in lifetime reproductive success of male polar bears

scientific article published in 2020

Variation in habitat use of Beaufort Sea polar bears

scientific article published on 03 July 2020

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

scientific article

Weather-mediated decline in prey delivery rates causes food-limitation in a top avian predator

scientific article published in 2017

What are the toxicological effects of mercury in Arctic biota?

scientific article published on 08 December 2012

Windscapes and olfactory foraging in a large carnivore.

scientific article

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