Environmental and behavioral changes may influence the exposure of an Arctic apex predator to pathogens and contaminants
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13496-9
Abstract: Recent decline of sea ice habitat has coincided with increased use of land by polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the southern Beaufort Sea (SB), which may alter the risks of exposure to pathogens and contaminants.… read more here.
Keywords: exposure; exposure pathogens; polar bears; behavioral changes ... See more keywords