Polar bears : the natural history of a threatened species
Comprehensive study of the polar bear: their evolution, life history, behavior, how they are researched, and the current threat to their very existence.
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Comprehensive study of the polar bear: their evolution, life history, behavior, how they are researched, and the current threat to their very existence. |
| Item Description: | 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). |
| Physical Description: | xv, 330 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-330) and index. |
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Markham, Ont. ; Brighton, Mass. :
Fitzhenry & Whiteside,
[2011]
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| ISBN: | 9781554551552 (pbk.) 1554551552 |
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| 500 | |a 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). | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-330) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a Comprehensive study of the polar bear: their evolution, life history, behavior, how they are researched, and the current threat to their very existence. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Polar bear |x Conservation. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Polar bear |v Pictorial works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Rare mammals |z Arctic regions. | |
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