Dynamic energy landscapes of predators and the implications for modifying prey risk

YP Papastamatiou, BM Binder, KM Boswell… - Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Landscapes of fear describe a spatial representation of an animal's perceived risk of
predation and the associated foraging costs, while energy landscapes describe the spatial …

Polar bear energetic and behavioral strategies on land with implications for surviving the ice-free period

AM Pagano, KD Rode, NJ Lunn, D McGeachy… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Declining Arctic sea ice is increasing polar bear land use. Polar bears on land are thought to
minimize activity to conserve energy. Here, we measure the daily energy expenditure (DEE) …

Decreasing brown bear (Ursus arctos) habitat due to climate change in Central Asia and the Asian Highlands

J Su, A Aryal, IM Hegab, UB Shrestha… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Around the world, climate change has impacted many species. In this study, we used
bioclimatic variables and biophysical layers of Central Asia and the Asian Highlands …

Polar bear foraging on common eider eggs: estimating the energetic consequences of a climate-mediated behavioural shift

PM Jagielski, CJ Dey, HG Gilchrist, ES Richardson… - Animal Behaviour, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate-mediated phenological shifts can cause species to lose access to their primary prey
while increasing opportunities for alternative-prey encounters. Species that are able to …

Modeling the metabolic costs of swimming in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

BD Griffen - Polar Biology, 2018 - Springer
Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and duration of long-distance swims
by polar bears (Ursus maritimus). The energetic costs of such swims are assumed to be …

Energetic costs of locomotion in bears: is plantigrade locomotion energetically economical?

AM Pagano, AM Carnahan… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Ursids are the largest mammals to retain a plantigrade posture. This primitive posture has
been proposed to result in reduced locomotor speed and economy relative to digitigrade …

The Adrenal Cortisol Response to Increasing Ambient Temperature in Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus)

EM Leishman, M Franke, J Marvin, D McCart… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Human-caused climate change is proceeding rapidly and providing
challenges to wildlife species, especially those adapted to colder temperatures. We …

Big boned: How fat storage and other adaptations influenced large theropod foraging ecology

CC Pahl, LA Ruedas - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Dinosaur foraging ecology has been the subject of scientific interest for decades, yet much
of what we understand about it remains hypothetical. We wrote an agent-based model …

[HTML][HTML] Polar bear foraging behavior during the ice-free period in western Hudson Bay: observations, origins, and potential significance

LJ Gormezano, SN Ellis-Felege, DT Iles… - American Museum …, 2017 - BioOne
During much of the year, polar bears in western Hudson Bay use energy-conserving hunting
tactics, such as still-hunting and stalking, to capture seals from sea-ice platforms. Such …

A phenological comparison of grizzly (Ursus arctos) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) as waterfowl nest predators in Wapusk National Park

AF Barnas, DT Iles, TJ Stechmann, EM Wampole… - Polar Biology, 2020 - Springer
Relatively little is known about the feeding ecology of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in Wapusk
National Park. Other ursids, polar bears (Ursus maritimus), are well known predators of …