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Genre/Form: | Pictorial works |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ian Stirling |
ISBN: | 9781554551552 1554551552 |
OCLC Number: | 1269276662 |
Notes: | Comprend le texte de L'accord international sur la conservation des ours polaires et de leur habitat (signé à Oslo, Norvège, en 1973). 2011902618X. |
Description: | 1 vol. (XV-330 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul, cartes, portr., couv. ill. ; 24 cm. |
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 |
Responsibility: | Ian Stirling. |
Abstract:
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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