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Arctic marine mammal population status, sea ice habitat loss, and conservation recommendations for the 21st century by Laidre, Kristin L, Stern, Harry, Kovacs, Kit M, Lowry, Lloyd, Moore, Sue E, Regehr, Eric V, Ferguson, Steven H, Wiig, Øystein, Boveng, Peter, Angliss, Robyn P, Born, Erik W, Litovka, Dennis, Quakenbush, Lori, Lydersen, Christian, Vongraven, Dag, Ugarte, Fernando

“…Arctic marine mammals (AMMs) are icons of climate change, largely because of their close association with sea ice. However, neither a circumpolar assessment of…”
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Interrelated ecological impacts of climate change on an apex predator by Laidre, Kristin L., Atkinson, Stephen, Regehr, Eric V., Stern, Harry L., Born, Erik W., Wiig, Øystein, Lunn, Nicholas J., Dyck, Markus

“…Climate change has broad ecological implications for species that rely on sensitive habitats. For some top predators, loss of habitat is expected to lead to…”
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High genomic diversity in the endangered East Greenland Svalbard Barents Sea stock of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) by Cerca, José, Westbury, Michael V., Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Kovacs, Kit M., Lorenzen, Eline D., Lydersen, Christian, Shpak, Olga V., Wiig, Øystein, Bachmann, Lutz

“…The East Greenland-Svalbard-Barents Sea (EGSB) bowhead whale stock ( Balaena mysticetus ) was hunted to near extinction and remains Endangered on the…”
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Environmental factors influencing the abundance of four species of threatened mammals in degraded habitats in the eastern Brazilian Amazon by Teixeira-Santos, Juliana, Ribeiro, Ana Carolina da Cunha, Wiig, Øystein, Pinto, Nelson Silva, Cantanhêde, Lorrane Gabrielle, Sena, Leonardo, Mendes-Oliveira, Ana Cristina

“…On the latest 60 years the degradation and fragmentation of native habitats have been modifying the landscape in the eastern Brazilian Amazon. The adaptive…”
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Quantifying the Sensitivity of Arctic Marine Mammals to Climate-Induced Habitat Change by Laidre, Kristin L., Stirling, Ian, Lowry, Lloyd F., Wiig, Øystein, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Ferguson, Steven H.

“…We review seven Arctic and four subarctic marine mammal species, their habitat requirements, and evidence for biological and demographic responses to climate…”
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Late Pleistocene and Holocene occurrence of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) along the coasts of Norway by Wiig, Øystein, Bachmann, Lutz, Hufthammer, Anne Karin

“…The present study aims at an improved understanding of the origin and distribution of bowhead whales ( Balaena mysticetus ) along the Norwegian coast during…”
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Glacial ice supports a distinct and undocumented polar bear subpopulation persisting in late 21st-century sea-ice conditions by Laidre, Kristin L., Supple, Megan A., Born, Erik W., Regehr, Eric V., Wiig, Øystein, Ugarte, Fernando, Aars, Jon, Dietz, Rune, Sonne, Christian, Hegelund, Peter, Isaksen, Carl, Akse, Geir B., Cohen, Benjamin, Stern, Harry L., Moon, Twila, Vollmers, Christopher, Corbett-Detig, Russ, Paetkau, David, Shapiro, Beth

“…Polar bears are susceptible to climate warming because of their dependence on sea ice, which is declining rapidly. We present the first evidence for a…”
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The underwater soundscape in western Fram Strait: Breeding ground of Spitsbergen's endangered bowhead whales by Ahonen, Heidi, Stafford, Kathleen M., de Steur, Laura, Lydersen, Christian, Wiig, Øystein, Kovacs, Kit M.

“…In the Arctic, warming and concomitant reductions in sea ice will affect the underwater soundscape, with the greatest changes likely being linked to…”
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Conservation status of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in relation to projected sea-ice declines by Regehr, Eric V., Laidre, Kristin L., Akçakaya, H. Resit, Amstrup, Steven C., Atwood, Todd C., Lunn, Nicholas J., Obbard, Martyn, Stern, Harry, Thiemann, Gregory W., Wiig, Øystein

“…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…”
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Microstructure, elemental composition and mechanical properties of enamel and dentine in the polar bear Ursus maritimus by Loch, Carolina, Hemm, Louisa, Taylor, Bertie, Visser, Ingrid N., Wiig, Øystein

“…To investigate the microstructure, elemental composition and mechanical properties of polar bear teeth. Incisors, canines and fourth premolar teeth of two…”
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Two Decades of Mercury Concentrations in Barents Sea Polar Bears ( Ursus maritimus ) in Relation to Dietary Carbon, Sulfur, and Nitrogen by Lippold, Anna, Aars, Jon, Andersen, Magnus, Aubail, Aurore, Derocher, Andrew E, Dietz, Rune, Eulaers, Igor, Sonne, Christian, Welker, Jeffrey M, Wiig, Øystein, Routti, Heli

“…Temporal trends of total mercury (THg) were examined in female polar bear ( ) hair ( = 199) from the Barents Sea in 1995-2016. In addition, hair values of…”
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Transient benefits of climate change for a high‐Arctic polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation by Laidre, Kristin L., Atkinson, Stephen N., Regehr, Eric V., Stern, Harry L., Born, Erik W., Wiig, Øystein, Lunn, Nicholas J., Dyck, Markus, Heagerty, Patrick, Cohen, Benjamin R.

“…Kane Basin (KB) is one of the world's most northerly polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulations, where bears have historically inhabited a mix of thick…”
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An on-ice aerial survey of the Kane Basin polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation by Wiig, Øystein, Atkinson, Stephen N., Born, Erik W., Stapleton, Seth, Arnold, Todd, Dyck, Markus, Laidre, Kristin L., Lunn, Nicholas J., Regehr, Eric V.

“…There is an imminent need to collect information on distribution and abundance of polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ) to understand how they are affected by the…”
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Insights into bear evolution from a Pleistocene polar bear genome by Lan, Tianying, Leppälä, Kalle, Tomlin, Crystal, Talbot, Sandra L, Sage, George K, Farley, Sean D, Shideler, Richard T, Bachmann, Lutz, Wiig, Øystein, Albert, Victor A, Salojärvi, Jarkko, Mailund, Thomas, Drautz-Moses, Daniela I, Schuster, Stephan C, Herrera-Estrella, Luis, Lindqvist, Charlotte

“…SignificanceInterspecific hybridization is a widespread phenomenon, but measuring its extent, directionality, and adaptive importance remains challenging…”
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How many cubs can a mum nurse? Maternal age and size influence litter size in polar bears by Folio, Dorinda Marie, Aars, Jon, Gimenez, Olivier, Derocher, Andrew E, Wiig, Øystein, Cubaynes, Sarah

“…Life-history theory predicts that females' age and size affect the level of maternal investment in current reproduction, balanced against the future…”
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Temporal trends of Hg in Arctic biota, an update by Rigét, Frank, Braune, Birgit, Bignert, Anders, Wilson, Simon, Aars, Jon, Born, Erik, Dam, Maria, Dietz, Rune, Evans, Marlene, Evans, Thomas, Gamberg, Mary, Gantner, Nikolaus, Green, Norman, Gunnlaugsdóttir, Helga, Kannan, Kurunthachalam, Letcher, Robert, Muir, Derek, Roach, Pat, Sonne, Christian, Stern, Gary, Wiig, Øystein

“…A statistically robust method was applied to 83 time-series of mercury in Arctic biota from marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems with the purpose of…”
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Sea ice reduction drives genetic differentiation among Barents Sea polar bears by Maduna, Simo Njabulo, Aars, Jon, Fløystad, Ida, Klütsch, Cornelya F C, Zeyl Fiskebeck, Eve M L, Wiig, Øystein, Ehrich, Dorothee, Andersen, Magnus, Bachmann, Lutz, Derocher, Andrew E, Nyman, Tommi, Eiken, Hans Geir, Hagen, Snorre B

“…Loss of Arctic sea ice owing to climate change is predicted to reduce both genetic diversity and gene flow in ice-dependent species, with potentially negative…”
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Space‐use strategies drive diet composition of Baffin Bay polar bears by Stern, Jennifer H., Laidre, Kristin L., Born, Erik W., Wiig, Øystein, McKinney, Melissa A.

“…Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) depend on sea ice to hunt their ice‐associated prey. However, climate‐induced sea ice loss is leading to changes in space‐use…”
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Females roam while males patrol: divergence in breeding season movements of pack-ice polar bears (Ursus maritimus) by Laidre, Kristin L., Born, Erik W., Gurarie, Eliezer, Wiig, Øystein, Dietz, Rune, Stern, Harry

“…Intraspecific differences in movement behaviour reflect different tactics used by individuals or sexes to favour strategies that maximize fitness. We report…”
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Voles and climate in Norway: Is the abundance of herbivorous species inversely related to summer temperature? by Selås, Vidar, Framstad, Erik, Sonerud, Geir A., Wegge, Per, Wiig, Øystein

“…For several mammalian species, both population levels and distribution ranges are predicted to change due to changing habitat conditions caused by climate…”
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