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

by Stirling, Ian.

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Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c2011.

Polar bear -- Conservation.

Polar bear -- Pictorial works.

Rare mammals -- Arctic regions.

Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions.

xv, 330 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

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).

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

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.

"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."--From publisher.

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