Implications of the circumpolar genetic structure of polar bears for their conservation in a rapidly warming Arctic.

Implications of the circumpolar genetic structure of polar bears for their conservation in a rapidly warming Arctic.

We provide an expansive analysis of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) circumpolar genetic variation during the last two decades of decline in their sea-ice habitat. We sought to evaluate whether their genetic diversity and structure have changed over this period of habitat decline, how their current gene...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Peacock, Sarah A Sonsthagen, Martyn E Obbard, Andrei Boltunov, Eric V Regehr, Nikita Ovsyanikov, Jon Aars, Stephen N Atkinson, George K Sage, Andrew G Hope, Eve Zeyl, Lutz Bachmann, Dorothee Ehrich, Kim T Scribner, Steven C Amstrup, Stanislav Belikov, Erik W Born, Andrew E Derocher, Ian Stirling, Mitchell K Taylor, Øystein Wiig, David Paetkau, Sandra L Talbot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112021

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112021

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