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Martyn Obbard – Publications

  • Maxie, A.J., K.F. Hussey, S.J. Lowe, K.R. Middel, B.A. Pond, M.E. Obbard, and B.R. Patterson. 2010. A comparison of forest resource inventory, provincial land cover maps and field surveys for wildlife habitat analysis in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence forest. Forestry Chronicle 86: 77-86.
  • Cattet, M.R., and M.E. Obbard. 2010. Use of hyaluronidase to improve chemical immobilization of free-ranging polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46: 246-250.
  • Obbard, M.E., E.J. Howe, andC.J. Kyle. 2010. Empirical ccmparison of density estimators for large carnivores. Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 76-84.
  • Molnar, P.K., T. Klanjscek, A.E. Derocher, M.E. Obbard, and M.A. Lewis. 2009.Estimating energy stores and metabolic rate of a polar bear from body mass and body length. Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 2313-2323.
  • Obbard, M.E., B.A. Pond, A. Schenk, R. Black, M.N. Hall, B. Jackson. 2008.Suspende baits: can they help hunters distinguish male from female American black bears. Ursus 19: 33-42.
  • Obbard, M. E. and E. J. Howe. 2008. Demography of black bears in hunted and unhunted areas of the boreal forest of Ontario. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: in press.
  • Howe, E. J., M. E. Obbard, and J. A. Schaefer. 2007. Extirpation risk of an isolated carnivore population under different management scenarios. Journal of Wildlife Management 71: 603-612.
  • Obbard, M. E., T. L. McDonald, E. J. Howe, E. V.Regehr, and E. S. Richardson. 2007. Polar bear population status in southern Hudson Bay, Canada. U. S. Geological Survey Administrative Report. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. 34 p.
  • Obbard, M. E., M. R. L. Cattet, T. Moody, L. R. Walton, D. Potter, J. Inglis, and C. Chenier. 2006. Temporal trends in the body condition of Southern Hudson Bay polar bears. Applied Research and Development Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Climate Change Research Information Note, No. 3. 8 p.
  • Burke, P. S., M. E. Obbard, D. A. Sutherland, C. D. Jones, J. D. McCracken, and R. Ridout. 2006. First documented nest of Stilt Sandpiper in Ontario. Ontario Birds 24: 75-83.
  • Cattet, M. R. L. and M. E. Obbard. 2005. To weigh or not to weigh—conditions for the estimation of body mass by morphometry. Ursus 16: 102-107.
  • Hines, W. G. S., R. J. O'Hara-Hines, B. Pond, and M. E. Obbard. 2005. Allowing for redundancy and environmental effects in estimates of home range utilization distributions. Environmetrics. 16: 33-50.
  • Usui, M., P. G. Kevan and M. Obbard. 2005. Pollination and breeding system of lowbush blueberries, Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. and V. myrtilloides Michx. (Ericacaeae), in the boreal forest. Canadian Field-Naturalist 119: 48-57.
  • Stirling, I, N. J. Lunn, J. Iacozza, C. Elliott , and M. E. Obbard. 2004. Polar bear distribution and abundance on the southwestern Hudson Bay coast during open water season, in relation to population trends and annual ice patterns. Arctic 57: 15-26.
  • Cattet, M. R. L., N. A. Caulkett, M. E. Obbard, and G. B. Stenhouse. 2002. A body condition index for Ursids. Can. J. Zool. 80: 1156-1161.
  • LeBlanc, P. J., M. Obbard, B. J. Battersby, A. K. Felskie, L. Brown, P. A. Wright, and J. S. Ballantyne. 2001. Correlations of plasma lipid metabolites with hibernation and lactation in wild black bears Ursus americanus. J. Comp. Physiol. B 171:327-334.
  • Obbard, M. E., G. D. Campbell, and A. Schenk. 2000. Evidence for fatal injury inflicted on a female black bear by a moose. Northeast Wildlife 55:57-62.
  • Wright, P. A., M. E. Obbard, B. J. Battersby, A. K. Felskie, P. J. LeBlanc, and J. S. Ballantyne. 1999. Lactation during hibernation in wild black bears: effects on plasma amino acids and nitrogen metabolites. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 72:597-604.
  • Schenk, A., M. E. Obbard, and K. M. Kovacs. 1998. Genetic relatedness and home-range overlap among female black bears (Ursus americanus) in northern Ontario, Canada. Can. J. Zool. 76: 1511-1519.
  • Obbard, M. E., B. A. Pond, and A. Perera. 1998. Preliminary evaluation of GPS collars for analysis of habitat use and activity patterns of black bears. Ursus 10: 209-217.
  • Austin, M. A., M. E. Obbard, and G. B. Kolenosky. 1994. Evidence for a black bear, Ursus americanus, killing an adult moose, Alces alces. Can. Field-Nat. 108: 236-238.

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