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1999
We observed a case of adoption of a single four-month-old polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) into an existing litter of two cubs on Hopen Island, Svalbard. We believe the high density of maternity dens in the study area may increase the likelihood of natural adoption. Speculation about theoretical...
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An adaptive approach to endangered species recovery based on a management experiment: reducing moose to reduce apparent competition with woodland caribou
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Species that are rare yet widely distributed are among the most challenging to conserve. The mountain ecotype of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is declining because of apparent competition with non-caribou ungulates (NCU) such as moose (Alces alces). I experimentally assessed whether...
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Assessing stress in western Hudson Bay polar bears using hair cortisol concentration as a biomarker
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The development of novel biomarkers to help assess whether polar bear (Ursus maritimus) health is impacted by long-term physiological stress associated with climate change represents an emerging area of research. With progressively greater reductions in sea ice cover and a corresponding decrease...
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Caribou Data Set
2016-06-10
DeMars, Craig A., Derocher, Andrew E., Auger-Méthé, Marie
This the data associated with the manuscript: Auger-Méthé, M, AE Derocher, DA DeMars, MJ Plank, EA Codling, MA Lewis. Evaluating random search strategies in three mammals from distinct feeding guilds. Journal of Animal Ecology. In Press. The data is the step lengths and turning angles measured...
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Fall 2013
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus L.) populations in Canada are threatened by climate change and anthropogenic landscape disturbance, which may negatively affect caribou energetics and range occupancy, with negative consequences for vital rates. Caribou are the basis of economy and spirituality for...
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Differentiating the Lévy walk from a composite correlated random walk - Code
2015
Lewis, Mark A., Auger-Méthé, Marie, Plank, Michael J., Codling, Edward A., Derocher, Andrew E.
Source code for an R package that can be used to simulate and apply various search strategy models to movement data. This is the code used in the manuscript entitled: Differentiating the Lévy walk from a composite correlated random walk. See https://github.com/MarieAugerMethe/CCRWvsLW for any...
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Differentiating the Lévy walk from a composite correlated random walk - Data
2015
Lewis, Mark A., Auger-Méthé, Marie, Plank, Michael J., Codling, Edward A., Derocher, Andrew E.
This the data associated with the manuscript entitled: Differentiating the Lévy walk from a composite correlated random walk. It is the step lengths and turning angles of two bears collared in the Hudson Bay. The data is the step length and turning angle measured at regular time intervals (every...
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EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, VEGETATION AND ROADS ON CARIBOU DISTRIBUTION IN WESTERN NORTH-AMERICA
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Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are a vital component of the cultural history and contemporary existence of First Nations and northern communities. However, caribou habitat is increasingly threatened by cumulative effects of climate change and land-use pressures from human settlement, forestry, and...
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2014
Lewis, M.A., Derocher, A.E., Molnár, P.K.
Allee effects are an important component in the population dynamics of numerous species. Accounting for these Allee effects in population viability analyses generally requires estimates of low-density population growth rates, but such data are unavailable for most species and particularly...
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Fatty acid composition of the adipose tissue of polar bears and of their prey: ringed seals, bearded seals and harp seals
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Grahl-Nielsen, O., Lydersen, C., Wiig, Ø., Kovacs, K., Derocher, A.E., Andersen, M.
Polar bears Ursus maritimus are predators of phocid seals, but they also forage opportunistically on a variety of other species. In the Barents Sea—Svalbard area, their diet is thought to consist almost exclusively of ringed seals Phoca hispida, bearded seals Erignathus barbatus and harp seals P....