Polar bears : the natural history of a threatened species / Ian Stirling.

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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Main Author: Stirling, Ian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Markham, Ont. ; Brighton, Mass. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c2011.
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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). 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 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. 
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