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Date Issued
2016Author
Pilfold, Nicholas W.Hedman, Daryll
Stirling, Ian
Derocher, Andrew E.
Lunn, Nicholas J.
Richardson, Evan
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Physiological and Biochemical ZoologyVolume
89Issue
5Start page
377End page
388
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10.1086/687988Alternative link
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/687988Abstract
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) have adapted to an annual cyclic regime of feeding and fasting, which is extreme in seasonal sea ice regions of the Arctic. As a consequence of climate change, sea ice breakup has become earlier and the duration of the open-water period through which polar bears must rely on fat reserves has increased....Type
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10.1086/687988
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