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American black bear; polar bear; demography; human--bear conflict
Canada

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Employment (3)

Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry: Peterborough, ON, CA

2016-12-01 to present | Emeritus Research Scientist (Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section)
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Martyn Obbard

Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry: ON, ON, CA

1989-04-01 to 2016-11-30 | Research Scientist (Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section)
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Martyn Obbard

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: Toronto, Ontario, CA

1984-08-01 to 1989-03-31 | Biologist (Wildlife Section)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Guelph: Guelph, ON, CA

1977-09-01 to 1983-09-30 | Ph.D. (Zoology)
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Martyn Obbard

University of Guelph: Guelph, ON, CA

1974-09-04 to 1977-05-15 | M.Sc. (Zoology)
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Professional activities (3)

International Association for Bear Research and Management: Bozeman, US

2008-01-01 to present | Associate Editor (Ursus)
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International Association for Bear Research & Management: Bozeman, US

1991-01-01 to present | Member
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Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club: Ottawa, Ontario, CA

2013-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | Associate Editor (The Canadian Field-Naturalist)
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Denning ecology of an at-risk American black bear population in a unique habitat on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada

Ursus
2024-10-23 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1537-6176
Contributors: Melissa B. Coady; Martyn E. Obbard; Frank G. Burrows
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Sea ice dynamics influence movement patterns of adult female polar bears in southern Hudson Bay

Ursus
2024-09-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1537-6176
Contributors: Kevin R. Middel; Martyn E. Obbard
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Martyn Obbard

Assessing the risk of climate maladaptation for Canadian polar bears

Ecology Letters
2024-08 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1461-023X
Part of ISSN: 1461-0248
Contributors: L. Ruth Rivkin; Evan S. Richardson; Joshua M. Miller; Todd C. Atwood; Steven Baryluk; Erik W. Born; Corey Davis; Markus Dyck; Evelien de Greef; Kristin L. Laidre et al.
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Martyn Obbard

American black bear cub rehabilitation and release: Jurisdictional practices across North America

Ursus
2024-03-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1537-6176
Contributors: Andrea T. Morehouse; Mark Mallory; Andrew E. Derocher; Mark A. Edwards; Tricia B. Fleming; Martyn E. Obbard
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Anthropogenic food: an emerging threat to polar bears

Oryx
2023-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Tom S. Smith; Andrew E. Derocher; Rachel L. Mazur; Geoff York; Megan A. Owen; Martyn Obbard; Evan S. Richardson; Steven C. Amstrup
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Experimental test of the efficacy of hunting for controlling human–wildlife conflict

The Journal of Wildlife Management
2023-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Joseph M. Northrup; Eric Howe; Jeremy Inglis; Erica Newton; Martyn E. Obbard; Bruce Pond; Derek Potter
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Polar bear depredation of a thick-billed murre fledgling in open water at Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut

Polar Research
2022-04-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Martyn E. Obbard; Christopher Di Corrado; João Franco; Roger Pimenta; Boris Wise
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An unusual depredation event by an American black bear (Ursus americanus) in a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) colony.

Ontario Birds
2021-08-01 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

An investigation of factors influencing bear spray performance

Journal of Wildlife Management
2021-01 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

Polar Bear

Bears of the World: Ecology, Conservation and Management
2021-01 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781108483520
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Martyn Obbard

Assessing spatial discreteness of Hudson Bay polar bear populations using telemetry and genetics

Ecosphere
2018 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

Can population reconstruction be used to estimate black bear abundance in Ontario?

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
2018 | Report
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Martyn Obbard

Re-assessing abundance of Southern Hudson Bay polar bears by aerial survey: effects of climate change at the southern edge of the range

Arctic Science
2018 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

Survey-based assessment of the frequency and potential impacts of recreation on polar bears

Biological Conservation
2018 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Polar Bears in the Northern Eeyou Marine Region, Québec, Canada + Supplementary Appendix 1 (See Article Tools)

ARCTIC
2018-02-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Brandon J. Laforest; Julie S. Hébert; Martyn E. Obbard; Gregory W. Thiemann
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Big enough for bears? American black bears at heightened risk of mortality during seasonal forays outside Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario

Ursus
2017 | Journal article
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Comparison of methanol and isopropanol as wash solvents for determination of hair cortisol concentration in grizzly bears and polar bears

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Martyn Obbard

Using tri-axial accelerometers to identify wild polar bear behaviors

Endangered Species Research
2017 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

Determining causes of genetic isolation in a large carnivore (Ursus americanus) population to direct contemporary conservation measures

PLoS ONE
2017-12 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

Conservation status of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in relation to projected sea-ice declines

Biology Letters
2016 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

Ursus americanus

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016
2016 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

Assessing polar bear (Ursus maritimus) population structure in the Hudson Bay region using SNPs

Ecology and Evolution
2016-12-08 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

Estimating the abundance of American black bears (Ursus americanus) on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario

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Martyn Obbard

Does Predation Influence the Seasonal and Diel Timing of Moose Calving in Central Ontario, Canada?

PLoS ONE
2016-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Brent R. Patterson; Kenneth J. Mills; Kevin R. Middel; John F. Benson; Martyn E. Obbard; Cheryl S. Rosenfeld
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Trends in body condition in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the Southern Hudson Bay subpopulation in relation to changes in sea ice

Arctic Science
2016-03-01 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

Estimated abundance of American black bears (Ursus americanus) on Cockburn Island, Ontario (Wildlife Management Unit 44) from barbed wire hair trap sampling

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Martyn Obbard

Ursus maritimus

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015
2015 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

Correction: Implications of the circumpolar genetic structure of polar bears for their conservation in a rapidly warming Arctic

PLoS ONE
2015-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Elizabeth Peacock; Sarah A. Sonsthagen; Martyn E. Obbard; Andrei Boltunov; Eric V. Regehr; Nikita Ovsyanikov; Jon Aars; Stephen N. Atkinson; George K. Sage; Andrew G. Hope et al.
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Estimating the abundance of the Southern Hudson Bay polar bear subpopulation with aerial surveys

Polar Biol
2015-07-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Martyn E. Obbard; Seth Stapleton; Kevin R. Middel; Isabelle Thibault; Vincent Brodeur; Charles Jutras
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Establishing a definition of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) health: A guide to research and management activities

Science of The Total Environment
2015-05 | Journal article
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Implications of the Circumpolar Genetic Structure of Polar Bears for Their Conservation in a Rapidly Warming Arctic

PLoS ONE
2015-01-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Elizabeth Peacock; Sarah A. Sonsthagen; Martyn E. Obbard; Andrei Boltunov; Eric V. Regehr; Nikita Ovsyanikov; Jon Aars; Stephen N. Atkinson; George K. Sage; Andrew G. Hope et al.
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Corrigendum to “Population genetic structure in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Hudson Bay, Canada: Implications of future climate change” [Biol. Conserv. 141(10) (2008) 2528–2539]

Biological Conservation
2014-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Ashleigh E. Crompton; Martyn E. Obbard; Stephen D. Petersen; Paul J. Wilson
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Relationships among food availability, harvest, and human–bear conflict at landscape scales in Ontario, Canada

Ursus
2014-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Martyn E. Obbard; Eric J. Howe; Linda L. Wall; Brad Allison; Ron Black; Peter Davis; Linda Dix-Gibson; Michael Gatt; Michael N. Hall
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First documented nests of Hoary Redpoll in Ontario

Ontario Birds
2013 | Journal article
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Martyn Obbard

Temporal variation in food habits of the American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) in the boreal forest of northern Ontario

2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84888308746

Contributors: Romain, D.A.; Obbard, M.E.; Atkinson, J.L.
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What are the toxicological effects of mercury in Arctic biota?

2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84870685461

Contributors: Dietz, R.; Sonne, C.; Basu, N.; Braune, B.; O'Hara, T.; Letcher, R.J.; Scheuhammer, T.; Andersen, M.; Andreasen, C.; Andriashek, D. et al.
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Combining data from 43 standardized surveys to estimate densities of female American black bears by spatially explicit capture–recapture

Popul Ecol
2013-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Eric J. Howe; Martyn E. Obbard; Christopher J. Kyle
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Moose calf mortality in central Ontario, Canada

The Journal of Wildlife Management
2013-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Brent R. Patterson; John F. Benson; Kevin R. Middel; Kenneth J. Mills; Andrew Silver; Martyn E. Obbard
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Rapid ecosystem change and polar bear conservation

CONSERVATION LETTERS
2013-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrew E. Derocher; Jon Aars; Steven C. Amstrup; Amy Cutting; Nick J. Lunn; Péter K. Molnár; Martyn E. Obbard; Ian Stirling; Gregory W. Thiemann; Dag Vongraven et al.
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Delineating genetic groupings in continuously distributed species across largely homogeneous landscapes: A study of American black bears (Ursus americanus) in Ontario, Canada

2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84864711278

Contributors: Pelletier, A.; Obbard, M.E.; Mills, K.; Howe, E.J.; Burrows, F.G.; White, B.N.; Kyle, C.J.
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Polar and brown bear genomes reveal ancient admixture and demographic footprints of past climate change

2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84865964725

Contributors: Miller, W.; Schuster, S.C.; Welch, A.J.; Ratan, A.; Bedoya-Reinaa, O.C.; Zhao, F.; Kim, H.L.; Burhans, R.C.; Drautz, D.I.; Wittekindt, N.E. et al.
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A circumpolar monitoring framework for polar bears

Ursus
2012-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Dag Vongraven; Jon Aars; Steve Amstrup; Stephen N. Atkinson; Stanislav Belikov; Erik W. Born; Terry D. DeBruyn; Andrew E. Derocher; George Durner; Mike Gill et al.
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Evaluation of hair cortisol concentration as a biomarker of long-term stress in free-ranging polar bears

Wildlife Society Bulletin
2012-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Bryan J. Macbeth; Marc R. L. Cattet; Martyn E. Obbard; Kevin Middel; David M. Janz
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Bounding the Southern Hudson Bay polar bear subpopulation

Ursus
2012-11-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Martyn E. Obbard; Kevin R. Middel
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Prior reproduction and weather affect berry crops in central Ontario, Canada

Popul Ecol
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Eric J. Howe; Martyn E. Obbard; Jeff Bowman
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Incidental nest predation in freshwater turtles: inter- and intraspecific differences in vulnerability are explained by relative crypsis

Oecologia
2011-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Aaron J. Wirsing; Julia R. Phillips; Martyn E. Obbard; Dennis L. Murray
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Small-scale genetic structure of American black bears illustrates potential postglacial recolonization routes

Journal of Mammalogy
2011-06-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Agnès Pelletier; Martyn E. Obbard; Bradley N. White; Colleen Doyle; Christopher J. Kyle
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Individual patterns of prey selection and dietary specialization in an Arctic marine carnivore

Oikos
2011-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Gregory W. Thiemann; Sara J. Iverson; Ian Stirling; Martyn E. Obbard
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Serum corticosteroid binding globulin expression is modulated by fasting in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology
2011-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Brian A. Chow; Jason Hamilton; Marc R.L. Cattet; Gordon Stenhouse; Martyn E. Obbard; Mathilakath M. Vijayan
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A comparison of forest resource inventory, provincial land cover maps and field surveys for wildlife habitat analysis in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence forest

2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77949390616

Contributors: Maxie, A.J.; Hussey, K.F.; Lowe, S.J.; Middel, K.R.; Pond, B.A.; Obbard, M.E.; Patterson, B.R.
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Peer review (18 reviews for 12 publications/grants)

Review activity for Arctic science. (2)
Review activity for Behavioral ecology (1)
Review activity for Behavioural processes. (1)
Review activity for Canadian journal of zoology. (1)
Review activity for Ecosphere. (1)
Review activity for Endangered species research. (1)
Review activity for Facets. (1)
Review activity for Global change biology. (2)
Review activity for Human-wildlife interactions. (1)
Review activity for Polar biology. (4)
Review activity for Scientific reports. (2)
Review activity for Ursus : (1)