期刊
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
卷 141, 期 10, 页码 2528-2539出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.07.018
关键词
Climate change; Cryptic genetic structure; Dispersal; Hudson Bay; Management units; Polar bear; Population structure; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus
资金
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
- Nunavut Department of Sustainable Development
- Ontario Parks
- Makivik Corporation
- World Wildlife Fund (Canada)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
The primary habitat for polar bears is sea ice, yet unlike most of the high Arctic, Hudson Bay undergoes a summer ice-free period that forces all bears ashore until ice forms again in fall. Polar bear populations in the greater Hudson Bay region have been placed in four management units based primarily on data from tag returns from harvested animals, capture-recapture studies, and conventional and satellite telemetry. Our results indicate that there is a high level of gene flow among management units observed using 26 microsatellite loci and analysis of genetic profiles of 377 polar bears. However, individual-based Bayesian analysis identified population genetic structuring into three clusters and significant F-ST differentiation. Specifically, our data suggest differentiation of polar bears sampled from islands in James Bay. These results were in spite of the extensive dispersal capabilities of polar bears that could homogenize the population. Mapping of high-ancestry individuals suggests that two of the three clusters have foci in southern Hudson Bay and may be a result of predictable annual freeze-thaw patterns that are maintaining breeding 'groups'. Predicted changes in the distribution and duration of sea ice in Hudson Bay suggest that gene flow among these clusters may be reduced in the future. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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