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SUBMITTER: Wilson RR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5013757 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wilson Ryan R RR Regehr Eric V EV Rode Karyn D KD St Martin Michelle M
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20160801 1836
Climate change is expected to alter many species' habitat. A species' ability to adjust to these changes is partially determined by their ability to adjust habitat selection preferences to new environmental conditions. Sea ice loss has forced polar bears (Ursus maritimus) to spend longer periods annually over less productive waters, which may be a primary driver of population declines. A negative population response to greater time spent over less productive water implies, however, that prey are ...[more]