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Spatial Extent of Data

USGS Data Source

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Wildlife, Biogeography, Coastal ecosystems, Marine ecosystems, Animal behavior

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Environment, Biota

Other Subject Keywords

Animals/Vertebrates, Polar bear, Carnivores, Bears, Marine mammals, Metabolism, Bioenergetics, Mammals, Ursus maritimus, Use/Feeding habitat, Species Life History

Place Keywords

Hudson Bay, Canada

Behavior and Diet Data Derived from Video Camera Collars on Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) Instrumented on Land, Western Hudson Bay, Canada, 2019-2022

This dataset is one table with time-linked behavior data derived from video camera collars on polar bears on land near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Eighteen polar bears were equipped with video-camera collars (Vertex Plus collar with camera option, Vectronic Aerospace GmbH, Berlin, Germany) for 19 - 23 days in 2019, 2021, and 2022.

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Author(s) Anthony M Pagano orcid, Karyn D Rode orcid, Nicholas J. Lunn orcid, David McGeachy orcid, Charles T. Robbins orcid
Publication Date 2023-12-08
Beginning Date of Data 2019-08-26
Ending Date of Data 2022-09-21
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A7ITFH
Citation Pagano, A.M., Rode, K.D., Lunn, N.J., McGeachy, D., and Robbins, C.T., 2023, Behavior and Diet Data Derived from Video Camera Collars on Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) Instrumented on Land, Western Hudson Bay, Canada, 2019-2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A7ITFH.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2024-12-04
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