Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology, fourth edition

by Marchand, Peter J.

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A revised edition of a classic work on cold climate ecosystems, with a new chapter on climate change.

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Full title :Life in the Cold : An Introduction to Winter Ecology, fourth edition / Peter J. Marchand.

Summary

A revised edition of a classic work on cold climate ecosystems, with a new chapter on climate change.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014
Edition:Fourth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University Press of New England
Place of Publication:Lebanon, NH
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1611685060, 9781611685060, 1611684285, 9781611684285, 9781306135153, 130613515X
oclc:on1259203289
LC Classification:QH543.2
Dewey Decimal:578.4/2

Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition; 1 | Winter Paths: Options for Overwintering Success; Migration; Hibernation; Resistance; 2 | The Changing Snowpack; Destructive Metamorphism; Constructive Metamorphism; Melt Metamorphism; The Insulative Value of a Snowcover; Snow and Radiant Energy; 3 | Plants and the Winter Environment; Acclimating to the Cold; Weathering the Winter Drought; The Evergreen Advantage; Mechanical Forces of Winter; 4 | Animals and the Winter Environment; The Basics of Energy Exchange; Warm Bodies in Cold Environments; Bergmann's and Gloger's Rules

The Cold-Blooded Gamble5 | Life under Ice; Temperature/Density Relationships; Freezing around the Edges; Dormancy versus Activity; Dealing with Oxygen Depletion; 6 | Plant-Animal Interactions: Food for Thought; Bargaining with Hoarders; Coping with Browsers; Plants and the Quality of Subnivean Life; The Carbon Dioxide Debate; 7 | Winter Profiles: A Season in the Lives of Selected Animals; The Northern Cervids; Semiaquatic Mammals; Gallinaceous Birds; 8 | Humans in Cold Places; Circulatory Responses to Cold; Increasing Heat Output; Mind over Temperature; 9 | The Changing Snowpack, II

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