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Polar bears

Title
Polar bears / by Ian Stirling ; photographs by Dan Guravich.
Author
Stirling, Ian.
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1988.

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Additional Authors
Guravich, Dan
Description
viii, 220 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
Summary
Includes chapters on polar bear biology, how to study them, conflicts between polar bears and man, conservation and environmental concerns, and the polar bears of Churchill. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Appendix includes texts of management agreements.
Subjects
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 215-218.
Contents
The first polar bears -- The original polar bear watchers -- How do you study a polar bear? -- Distribution and abundance -- Reproduction -- Behavior -- Life and death -- What makes a polar bear tick? -- The polar bears at Churchill -- Conflicts between polar bears and humans -- Conservation and environmental concerns -- The future.
ISBN
  • 0472101005
  • 9780472101009
  • 9780047208102
  • 0047208104
  • 004720810X (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
88014244
OCLC
  • ocm17873883
  • 17873883
  • SCSB-1948238
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library