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
Notes
Includes the text of The International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears and their Habitat (signed in Oslo, Norway, in 1973)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-330) and index
