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Circumpolar map of all polar bear subpopulation

Circumpolar map of all polar bear subpopulation as recognized by the IUCN/Polar Bear Specialist Group in 2009 (PBSG 2010a). Total area covered = 24 mill. km(2).

Vongraven, D and Peacock, E. Development of a pan-Arctic monitoring plan for polar bears:background paper.

Published in the Arctic Biodiversity trends 2010, Indicator #01 - released in May 2010

Updated in feb.2025 with spatial data from 2022

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caff
Date (Publication)
2015-02-03
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Identifier
https://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/1f4afeae-8a06-4ac3-a01e-971b139a0f93
Identifier
http://geo.abds.is/geonetwork1f4afeae-8a06-4ac3-a01e-971b139a0f93
Point of contact
  Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)
Borgir, Nordurslod , Akureyri , 600 , Iceland
+354 462 3350
Credit
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF www.caff.is) working group of the Arctic Council
Maintenance and update frequency
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Keywords
  • polar bear
  • distribution
  • boundary
  • populations
Keywords
  • populations
  • subpopulation
  • Ursus maritimus
Metadata language
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EPSG / 3408
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pbrs_2022_4326 ( OGC:WMS )

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polarbear.png ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Image

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Arctic Biodiversity trends 2010 - #01 Polar Bears ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Arctic Biodiversity trends 2010 - #01 Polar Bears

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Download Mammals chapter - Arctic Biodiversity Assessment: Status and trends in Arctic biodiversity ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Download Mammals chapter - Arctic Biodiversity Assessment: Status and trends in Arctic biodiversity

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Polar_Bear_subpopulation.jpg ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

ABA - Table 3.5

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Spatial data from 2022 ( FILE:GEO )

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1f4afeae-8a06-4ac3-a01e-971b139a0f93 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF16
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Date stamp
2025-02-17T14:09:45
Metadata standard version
1.2
Point of contact
  Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) -
www.abds.is
 
 

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