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Transitions of social-ecological subsistence systems in the Arctic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Transitions of social-ecological systems (SES) expose governance systems to new challenges. This is particularly so in the Arctic where resource systems are increasingly subjected to global warming, industrial development and globalization which ...
Clark, Douglas A.   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

THE GENUS URSUS IN EURASIA: DISPERSAL EVENTS AND STRATIGRAPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE

open access: yesRivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2017
On the basis of the results of former studies by the present authors five main groups of bears are recognized: Ursus gr. minimus - thibetanus (black bears), Ursus gr. etruscus (etruscan bears), Ursus gr. arctos (brown bears), Ursus gr.
MARCO RUSTIONI, PAUL MAZZA
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesArctic Science, 2023
Human–carnivore conflicts have increased as habitat has been affected by development and climate change. Understanding how biological factors, environment, and management decisions affect the behaviour of animals may reduce conflicts.
Erin N. Miller   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ursus maritimus

open access: yes, 2009
Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2009, Ursidae, pp. 448-497 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 1 Carnivores, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on pages 496-497, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo ...
Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
openaire   +2 more sources

Mandible size and shape in extant Ursidae (Carnivora, Mammalia): A tool for taxonomy and ecogeography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The family Ursidae is currently one of the taxonomic groups with the lowest number of species among Carnivora. Extant bear species exhibit broad ecological adaptations both at inter- and intraspecific level, and taxonomic issues within this family remain
Adams   +78 more
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Worth the dip? Polar bear predation on swimming flightless greater snow geese and estimation of energetic efficiency

open access: yesArctic Science, 2023
As sea-ice cover is shrinking, polar bears (Ursus maritimus, Phipps, 1774) face decreased access to seals, their primary prey, resulting in a greater dependence on terrestrial food sources.
Matthieu Weiss-Blais   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources

T-lymphocyte-rich thymoma and myasthenia gravis in a Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A 10-year-old captive male Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) presented with acute onset collapse, vomiting and dyspnoea, preceded by a 6-month period of progressive muscle wasting.
A. Routh   +31 more
core   +1 more source

Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774

open access: yes, 1982
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc.
James H. Honacki   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774

open access: yes, 2005
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 589, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo ...
Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
openaire   +2 more sources

In search of virus carriers of the 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper virus outbreaks in European harbour seals [PDF]

open access: yes
European harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) populations decreased substantially during the phocine distemper virus (PDV) outbreaks of 1988 and 2002. Different hypotheses have stated that various seals and terrestrial carnivore species might be the source of ...
Baumgartner, W.   +10 more
core   +3 more sources

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