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. |
| Published: |
Markham, Ont. ; Brighton, Mass. :
Fitzhenry & Whiteside,
[2011]
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| ISBN: | 9781554551552 (pbk.) 1554551552 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.