Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus) in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Polar Bear Ursus Maritimus in Canada
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Species Information
- 3. Distribution
- 4. Habitat
- 5. Biology
- 6. Limiting Factors and Threats
- 7. Population Size and Trends
- 8. Special Significance of the Species
- 9. Existing Status Designations and Protections
- 10. Technical Summary
- 11. Acknowledgements
- 12. Information Sources
- 13. Biographical Summary of Report Writers
Special concern - 2008
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC. 2008. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the polar bear Ursus maritimus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa. vii + 75 pp.
Previous reports
COSEWIC. 2002. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the polar bear Ursus maritimus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa. vi + 29 pp.
Stirling, I., and M.K. Taylor. 1999. Update COSEWIC status report on the polar bear Ursus maritimus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa. 27 pp.
Stirling, I. 1991. Update COSEWIC status report on the polar bear Ursus maritimus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa. 24 pp.
Stirling, I. 1986. COSEWIC status report on the polar bearUrsus maritimus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa. 20 pp.
Production note
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Philip D. McLoughlin, Mitch Taylor, and Martha Dowsley for writing the update status report on thepolar bear Ursus maritimus in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Dr. Marco Festa-Bianchet, Co-chair COSEWIC Terrestrial Mammals Specialist Subcommittee.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819-953-3215
Fax: 819-994-3684
COSEWIC E-mail
COSEWIC Website
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur l’ours blanc (Ursus maritimus) au Canada – Mise à jour.
Cover illustration
Polar bear --Photo by François Messier, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2008.
Catalogue No. CW69-14/351-2008E-PDF
ISBN 978-0-662-48897-2
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