Polar Bears: The Natural History of a Threatened Species

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Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2011 - Nature - 330 pages
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Dr Ian Stirling, the best known polar bear scientist in the world, compresses the major new discoveries of the last 40 years of research on this iconic mammal into a new easily readable and scientifically comprehensive book about the ecology and natural history of polar bears. He explains how polar bears evolved, how they were researched, aspects of their behaviour and how the threat of global warming is jeopardizing the survival of this magnificent hunter.

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As a research scientist with the Canadian Wildlife Service and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta, Dr. Ian Stirling has studied the behavior, population, ecology and predator-prey relationships of polar bears for 40 years. His research on polar bears in western Hudson Bay provided the first clear demonstration of how climate change was having clear, negative consequences on polar bears there. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 articles and three books.

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TitlePolar Bears: The Natural History of a Threatened Species
AuthorIan Stirling
PublisherFitzhenry & Whiteside, 2011
ISBN1554551552, 9781554551552
Length330 pages
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Nature / Endangered Species
  
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