Polar bears : the natural history of a threatened species / Ian Stirling.
Stirling, Ian.
2011
QL737.C27 S7266 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Polar bears : the natural history of a threatened species / Ian Stirling.
Author Stirling, Ian.
ISBN 9781554551552 (pbk.)
1554551552 (pbk.)
Imprint Markham, Ont. ; Brighton, Mass. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c2011.
Language English
Description xv, 330 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Call Number QL737.C27 S7266 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 599.786
Summary Comprehensive study of the polar bear: their evolution, life history, behavior, how they are researched, and the current threat to their very existence.
Note Includes the text of The International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears and Their Habitat (signed in Oslo, Norway, in 1973) (p. 321-322).
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Present day distribution and abundance
The origin of the polar bear
Polar bears and humans
How do you study a polar bear?
What makes a polar bear tick?
Reproduction
Behaviour
Hunters of the northern ice
Life and death
The polar bear capital of the world
Some highlights of conservation, past and present
Environmental concerns
Climate warming : the game changer in polar bear conservation
The future : concerns and hopes.

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