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Life in the cold : an introduction to winter ecology / Peter J. Marchand ; with illustrations by Libby Walker.
Record details
- ISBN: 0874517850
- ISBN: 9780874517859
- ISBN: 0874514177
- ISBN: 9780874514179
- Physical Description: xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: 3rd ed.
- Publisher: Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, 1996.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- List of unit conversion factors -- 1. Winter paths : options for overwintering success -- Migration -- Hibernation -- Resistance -- 2. The changing snowpack -- Destructive metamorphism -- Constructive metamorphism -- Melt metamorphism -- Insulative value of a snowcover -- Snow and radiant energy -- 3. Plants and the winter environment -- Acclimating to the cold -- Weathing the winter drought -- The evergreen advantage -- Mechanical problems : the brute 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 : is it really better to be big and white? -- The cold-blooded gamble : to freeze or not to freeze -- 5. Life under ice -- Temperature/density relationships -- Freezing around the edges -- Dormancy versus activity : compensating for the cold -- Dealing with oxygen depletion. 6. Plant-animal interactions, food for thought -- Plant deterrents to winter browsing -- Coevolution of plants and 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 : psychological responses to cold -- Appendix A : Measuring temperatures of microhabitats and small objects : thermocouple thermometry -- Appendix B : Measuring insect and plant freezing resistance : differential thermal analysis -- Appendix C : Measuring respiratory oxygen consumption of small invertebrates -- Appendix D : Measuring dietary or habitat preferences in winter : the rank preference index -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index. |
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| Subject: | Cold adaptation. Winter. Ecology. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Orford Social Library | 574.5 Mar | 34190000040872 | Adult nonfiction - Front room | Available | - |
