SuitabookWildlife research and animal handling
Researchers pursue, tranquilise, measure, tag and sample polar bears to build long-term records about their condition and movements.
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Peter Lourie - Author
This is an image-rich account of polar-bear field biology: scientists search from helicopters, work on sea ice, gather measurements and samples, and use long-term data to understand the animals.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is an image-rich account of polar-bear field biology: scientists search from helicopters, work on sea ice, gather measurements and samples, and use long-term data to understand the animals.
Researchers pursue, tranquilise, measure, tag and sample polar bears to build long-term records about their condition and movements.
The research data are connected with polar bears’ changing environment, including disappearing ice and their dependence on seals.
Measurements and samples are stored and analysed over many years, with scientists using records to study difficult-to-count animals.
Some readers may want preparation for scenes of bears being darted, tranquilised, tagged and sampled. The Arctic setting, scientific vocabulary and climate-change discussion may also merit pauses for explanation.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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