Title:
Polar bears : the natural history of a threatened species / Ian Stirling.
ISBN:
9781554551552
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Markham, Ont. ; Brighton, Mass. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
xv, 330 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
General 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).
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.
Summary:
Comprehensive study of the polar bear: their evolution, life history, behavior, how they are researched, and the current threat to their very existence.
Geographic Term:
OCLC Number:
ocn712851630
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
