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Conservation status of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in relation to projected sea-ice declines

Loss of Arctic sea ice owing to climate change is the primary threat to polar bears throughout their range. We evaluated the potential response of polar bears to sea-ice declines by (i) calculating generation length (GL) for the species, which determines the timeframe for conservation assessments; (...

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Autores principales: Regehr, Eric V., Laidre, Kristin L., Akçakaya, H. Resit, Amstrup, Steven C., Atwood, Todd C., Lunn, Nicholas J., Obbard, Martyn, Stern, Harry, Thiemann, Gregory W., Wiig, Øystein
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5206583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27928000
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0556