TY - JOUR

T1 - Preliminary icebreaker-based survey of polar bears around Franz Josef Land, Russia

AU - Popov, Igor

AU - Davydova, Julia

N1 - Igor Popov and Iuliia Davydova "Preliminary icebreaker-based survey of polar bears around Franz Josef Land, Russia," Ursus 2020(31e14), 1-5, (26 October 2020). https://doi.org/10.2192/URSUS-D-18-00030.4

PY - 2020/10/26

Y1 - 2020/10/26

N2 - As a vulnerable species, regular estimates of polar bear numbers are an important requirement for understanding their populations. In the Russian part of Barents Sea, specifically near the Franz Josef Land Archipelago, counts of polar bears have not been conducted since 2004. This article focuses on summarizing the results of recent observations in this territory in order to provide estimates of polar bear numbers. The data collected lead us to believe that their population decline continues. Currently only a few hundred polar bears inhabit Franz Josef Land in the spring season.

AB - As a vulnerable species, regular estimates of polar bear numbers are an important requirement for understanding their populations. In the Russian part of Barents Sea, specifically near the Franz Josef Land Archipelago, counts of polar bears have not been conducted since 2004. This article focuses on summarizing the results of recent observations in this territory in order to provide estimates of polar bear numbers. The data collected lead us to believe that their population decline continues. Currently only a few hundred polar bears inhabit Franz Josef Land in the spring season.

KW - Polar bear

KW - Franz Joseph Land

KW - numbers

KW - Decline

KW - assessment

KW - icebreaker

KW - tracks

KW - Barents sea

UR - https://bioone.org/journals/ursus/volume-2020/issue-31e14/URSUS-D-18-00030.4/Preliminary-icebreaker-based-survey-of-polar-bears-around-Franz-Josef/10.2192/URSUS-D-18-00030.4.short

M3 - Article

SP - 1

EP - 5

JO - Ursus

JF - Ursus

SN - 1537-6176

M1 - 31e14

ER -