Foraging ecology of polar bears

February 27 is International Polar Bear Day and in celebration of the event, we feature Gregory Thiemann whose research focuses on the ecology of polar bears and other Arctic carnivores, as well as the effects of climate change on food web dynamics. With a Killam/NSERC postdoctoral fellowship and a PhD in Biology from Dalhousie University,

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Foraging Ecology of Polar Bears in Foxe Basin and Hudson Bay, Canada

The overarching objective of this research is to identify the ecological and environmental factors that shape polar bear foraging success and drive their population dynamics in the Foxe Basin-Hudson Bay complex. Both new and established techniques will be used to characterize the diets, body condition, and habitat use of polar bears to examine the individual-,

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