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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |