ARC/INFO coverage and ARCVIEW shapefile of polar bear maternal den habitat between the Colville River and the Canada border, updated 23 September 2005. [Zip file - 1.15 MB]
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Regehr, E. V., N. J. Lunn, S. C. Amstrup, and I. Stirling. 2007. Supplemental materials for the analysis of capture-recapture data for polar bears in western Hudson Bay, Canada, 1984-2004. U. S. Geological Survey Data Series 304. 13 p.
Smith, T. S., S. T. Partridge, S. C. Amstrup, and S. Schliebe. 2007. Post-den emergence behavior of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in Northern Alaska. Arctic. 60(2)187-194.
Amstrup, S. C. 2006. Future for polar bears in a declining sea ice environment: What do we know? International Bear News 15(4):8-11.
Amstrup, S. C., G. M. Durner, T. L. McDonald, and W. R. Johnson. 2006. Estimating potential effects of hypothetical oil spills on polar bears. U. S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage. Final Report to U. S. Minerals Management Service. 57 pp.
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Cronin, M. A., S. C. Amstrup, and K. T. Scribner. 2006. Microsatellite DNA and mitochondrial DNA variation in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the Beaufort and Chuckchi seas, Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(5):655-660.
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Belchansky, G. I., D. C. Douglas, V. A. Eremeev, and N. G. Platonov. 2005. Variations in the Arctic's multiyear sea ice cover: A neural network analysis of SMMR-SSM/I data, 1979-2004. Geophysical Research Letters 32(9):L09605.
Belchansky, G. I., D. C. Douglas, and N. G. Platonov. 2005. Spatial and temporal variations in the age structure of Arctic sea ice. Geophysical Research Letters 32(L18504):4 pp.
Manly, B. F. J., S. C. Amstrup, and T. L. McDonald. 2005. Capture-recapture methods in practice. Pages 266-275 in S. C. Amstrup, T. L. McDonald, and B. F. J. Manly, Editors. Handbook of Capture-Recapture Analysis. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 296 pp.
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Stone, R. S., D. C. Douglas, G. I. Belchansky, and S. D. Drobot. 2005. Correlated declines in Pacific Arctic snow and sea ice cover. Arctic Research of the United States 19(1):18-25.
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Amstrup, S. C., T. L. McDonald, and G. M. Durner. 2004. Using satellite radiotelemetry data to delineate and manage wildlife populations. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(3):661-679.
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Belchansky, G. I., D. C. Douglas, I. N. Mordvintsev, and N. G. Platonov. 2004. Estimating the time of melt onset and freeze onset over Arctic sea-ice area using active and passive microwave data. Remote Sensing of the Environment 92:21-39.
Belchansky, G. I., D. C. Douglas, and N. G. Platonov. 2004. Duration of the Arctic sea ice melt season: Regional and interannual variability, 1979-2001. Journal of Climate 17(1):67-80.
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York, G. S., S. C. Amstrup, and K. S. Simac. 2004. Using Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) Imagery to detect polar bear maternal dens. Operations Manual. U. S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage. Report to U. S. Minerals Management Service for OCS Study 062.
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Kern, J. W., T. L. McDonald, S. C. Amstrup, G. M. Durner, and W. P. Erickson. 2003. Using the bootstrap and fast Fourier transform to estimate confidence intervals of 2-D kernel densities. Environmental Ecology and Statistics 10(4):405-418.
Lie, E., A. Bernhoft, F. Riget, S. E. Belikov, A. N. Boltunov, A. E. Derocher, G. W. Garner, O. Wiig, and J. U. Skaare. 2003. Geographical distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Norwegian and Russian Arctic. Science of the Total Environment 306(1-3):159-170.
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McDonald, T. L., S. C. Amstrup, and B. F. J. Manly. 2003. Tag loss can bias Jolly-Seber capture-recapture estimates. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31(3):814-822.
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Durner, G. M., and S. C. Amstrup. 1995. Movements of a polar bear from northern Alaska to northern Greenland. Arctic 48(4):338-341.
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Amstrup, S. C., and C. L. Gardner. 1994. Polar bear maternity denning in the Beaufort Sea. Journal of Wildlife Management 58(1):1-10.
Garner, G. W., S. C. Amstrup, I. Stirling, and S. E. Belikov. 1994. Habitat considerations for polar bears in the North Pacific Rim. Pages 111-120 in Proceedings of the 59th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, Anchorage, Alaska.
Garner, G. W., S. E. Belikov, M. S. Stishov, V. G. Barnes, and S. M. Arthur. 1994. Dispersal patterns of maternal polar bears from the denning concentrations on Wrangel Island. Pages 401-410 in J. J. Claar and P. Shullery, Editors. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Bear Research and Management, Missoula, Montana. International Association for Bear Research and Management,587 pp.
Garner, G. W., L. L. McDonald, and D. S. Robson. 1994. Challenges in the estimation of population size for polar bears in western Alaska. Pages 180-188 in Proceedings of the 59th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, Anchorage, Alaska.
Amstrup, S. C. 1993. Human disturbances of denning polar bears in Alaska. Arctic 46(3):246-250.
Amstrup, S. C., G. W. Garner, M. A. Cronin, and J. C. Patton. 1993. Sex identification of polar bears from blood and tissue samples. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71(11):2174-2177.
Bruce, D. S., D. L. Ambler, T. M. Henschel, P. R. Oeltgen, S. P. Nilekani, and S. C. Amstrup. 1992. Suppression of guinea pig ileum induced contractility by plasma albumin of hibernators. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 43(1):199-203.
Garner, G. W., L. L. McDonald, D. S. Robson, D. P. Young, and S. M. Arthur. 1992. Literature review: Population estimation methodologies applicable to the estimation of abundance of polar bears. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. Unpublished Report to Marine Mammals Management. 102 pp.
Stishov, M. S., G. W. Garner, S. M. Arthur, and V. G. Barnes Jr. 1992. Distribution and relative abundance of maternal polar bears dens in the Chukotka Peninsula region, U.S.S.R. Page 67 in Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 5-9 Dec 1991, Chicago, Illinois. Society for Marine Mammalogy.
Amstrup, S. C. 1991. Polar bear. Pages 58-59 in J. Rennicke. Bears of Alaska in Life and Legend. Roberts Rinehart, Boulder, Colorado, 63 pp.
Amstrup, S. C. 1991. White bear: Encounters with the master of the Arctic ice [Book Review]. Arctic 44(3):259-260.
Amstrup, S. C., and C. Gardner. 1991. Research on polar bears in northern Alaska, 1985-1988. Pages 43-53 in S. C. Amstrup and O. Wiig, Editors. Proceedings of the Tenth Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 25-29 Oct 1988, Sochi, Russia. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland. IUCN/SSC Occasional Paper 7. 107 pp.
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Cronin, M. A., S. C. Amstrup, and G. W. Garner. 1991. Mitochondrial DNA variation in management of North American bear populations. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. Research Information Bulletin 61. 3 pp.
Cronin, M. A., S. C. Amstrup, G. W. Garner, and E. R. Vyse. 1991. Interspecific and intraspecific mitochondrial-DNA variation in North American bears (Ursus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 69(12):2985-2992.
Bruce, D. S., N. K. Darling, K. J. Seeland, P. R. Oeltgen, and S. C. Amstrup. 1990. Does the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) hibernate? Continued studies on opioids and hibernation. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal 3(988):A396.
Bruce, D. S., N. K. Darling, K. J. Seeland, P. R. Oeltgen, S. P. Nilekani, and S. C. Amstrup. 1990. Is the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) a hibernator - Continued studies on opioids and hibernation. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 35(3):705-711.
Garner, G. W., S. T. Knick, and D. C. Douglas. 1990. Seasonal movements of adult female polar bears in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Pages 219-226 in L. M. Darling and W. R. Archibald, Editors. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Bear Research and Management, 20-25 Feb 1989, Victoria, Canada. International Association for Bear Research and Management,448 pp.
Harris, R. B., S. G. Fancy, D. C. Douglas, G. W. Garner, S. C. Amstrup, T. R. McCabe, and L. F. Pank. 1990. Tracking wildlife by satellite: Current systems and performance. U. S. Fish and Wildife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. Technical Report 30. 52 pp.
Amstrup, S. C., and C. Gardner. 1989. Philopatry in maternal denning of polar bears in the Beaufort Sea. Page 2 in Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals.
Amstrup, S. C., C. Gardner, K. C. Myers, and F. W. Oehme. 1989. Ethylene glycol (antifreeze) poisoning in a free-ranging polar bear. Veterinary and Human Toxicology 31(4):317-319.
Amstrup, S. C., and C. A. Nielsen. 1989. Acute gastric dilatation and volvulus in a free-living polar bear. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 25(4):601-604.
Garner, G. W., S. C. Amstrup, D. C. Douglas, and C. L. Gardner. 1989. Performance and utility of satellite telemetry during field studies of free-ranging polar bears in Alaska. Pages 67-76 in C. J. Amlaner Jr, Editor. Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Biotelemetry.
Schell, D. M., and S. C. Amstrup. 1989. Oceanic gradients in stable isotope ratios and application to marine mammal studies. Page 60 in Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 7-11 Dec 1989, Pacific Grove, California.
Amstrup, S. C., and D. P. DeMaster. 1988. Polar bear. Pages 39-56 in J. W. Lentfer, Editor. Selected Marine Mammals of Alaska: Species Accounts with Research and Management Recommendations. U. S. Marine Mammal Commission, Washington, D. C.
Fancy, S. G., R. B. Harris, D. C. Douglas, L. F. Pank, K. R. Whitten, T. R. McCabe, S. C. Amstrup, and G. W. Garner. 1988. Applications of satellite telemetry to wildlife research and management in Alaska. Pages 5-12 in Ate du Colloque International: Suivi des Vertebres Terrestres par Radiotelemetrie, Monaco. 191 pp.
Fancy, S. G., L. F. Pank, D. C. Douglas, C. H. Curby, G. W. Garner, S. C. Amstrup, and W. L. Regeli. 1988. Development and evaluation of a system for tracking wildlife by satellite. In Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Nutrition of Herbivores, Brisbane, Australia.
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Amstrup, S. C. 1987. Marine denning of polar bears in Alaska. Page 2 in Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 5-9 Dec 1987, Miami, Florida. Society for Marine Mammalogy.
Kelly, B. P., S. C. Amstrup, C. Gardner, and L. T. Quakenbush. 1987. Predation on ringed seals in the western Beaufort Sea. Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 5-9 Dec 1987, Miami, Florida. Society for Marine Mammalogy.
Amstrup, S. C. 1986. Polar bear. Pages 790-804 in R. DiSilvestro, Editor. Audubon Wildlife Report 1986. National Audubon Society, New York.
Amstrup, S. C. 1986. Research on polar bears in Alaska, 1983-1985. Pages 85-115 in Proceedings of the Nineth Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 9-11 Aug 1985, Edmonton, Canada. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland.
Amstrup, S. C., I. Stirling, and J. W. Lentfer. 1986. Past and present status of polar bears in Alaska. Wildlife Society Bulletin 14(3):241-254.
Amstrup, S. C., I. Stirling, and J. W. Lentfer. 1986. Size and trends of Alaskan polar bear populations. Wildlife Society Bulletin 14:251-254.
Amstrup, S. C. 1984. Master of the northern ice. Alaska 50:32-36, 74-77.
Amstrup, S. C. 1981. Polar bear research in Alaska, Spring 1981. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. Unpublished Report. 42 pp.
Amstrup, S. C. 1981. Research on Alaskan polar bears in 1979 and 1980. Pages 119-124 in Proceedings of the Eighth Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 15-19 Jan 1981, Oslo, Norway. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland.
