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Polar bears : the natural history of a threatened species
- Title
- Polar bears : the natural history of a threatened species / Ian Stirling.
- Author
- Stirling, Ian
- Publication
- Markham, Ont. ; Brighton, Mass. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c2011.
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Text | Use in library | QL737.C27 S7266 2011 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xv, 330 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.); 25 cm.
- Subject
- 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 (p. 323-330) and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781554551552
- 1554551552
- LCCN
- 2011489945
- OCLC
- ocn712851630
- 712851630
- SCSB-5599912
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries