Aerial survey estimates of polar bears and their tracks in the Chukchi Sea.

Aerial survey estimates of polar bears and their tracks in the Chukchi Sea.

Polar bears are of international conservation concern due to climate change but are difficult to study because of low densities and an expansive, circumpolar distribution. In a collaborative U.S.-Russian effort in spring of 2016, we used aerial surveys to detect and estimate the abundance of polar b...

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Main Authors: Paul B Conn, Vladimir I Chernook, Erin E Moreland, Irina S Trukhanova, Eric V Regehr, Alexander N Vasiliev, Ryan R Wilson, Stanislav E Belikov, Peter L Boveng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251130

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