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Polar Bears : the natural history of a threatened species

Comprehensive study of the polar bear: their evolution, life history, behavior, how they are researched, and the current threat to their very existence
Print Book, English, 2011
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Markham, Ont., 2011
Pictorial works
1 vol. (XV-330 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul, cartes, portr., couv. ill. ; 24 cm.
9781554551552, 1554551552
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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
Comprend le texte de L'accord international sur la conservation des ours polaires et de leur habitat (signé à Oslo, Norvège, en 1973)
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