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

Author:: Stirling, Ian
Published:: Markham, Ont. ; Brighton, Mass. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, [2011]
Copyright Date:: ©2011
Physical Description:: xv, 330 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Availability

Finding items...

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.

Subject(s):

ISBN:

9781554551552
1554551552

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 Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-330) and index.

View MARC record | catkey: 7401352