Life in the cold : an introduction to winter ecology / Peter J. Marchand
- Author:
- Marchand, Peter J.
- Published:
- Lebanon, NH : University Press of New England, [2013]
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Winter Paths: Options for Overwintering Success -- Migration -- Hibernation -- Resistance -- ch. Two The Changing Snowpack -- Destructive Metamorphism -- Constructive Metamorphism -- Melt Metamorphism -- The Insulative Value of a Snowcover -- Snow and Radiant Energy -- ch. Three Plants and the Winter Environment -- Acclimating to the Cold -- Weathering the Winter Drought -- The Evergreen Advantage -- Mechanical Forces of Winter -- ch. Four Animals and the Winter Environment -- The Basics of Energy Exchange -- Warm Bodies in Cold Environments -- Bergmann's and Gloger's Rules -- The Cold-Blooded Gamble -- ch. Five Life under Ice -- Temperature/Density Relationships -- Freezing around the Edges -- Dormancy versus Activity -- Dealing with Oxygen Depletion -- ch. Six Plant-Animal Interactions: Food for Thought -- Bargaining with Hoarders -- Coping with Browsers -- Plants and the Quality of Subnivean Life -- The Carbon Dioxide Debate -- ch. Seven Winter Profiles: A Season in the Lives of Selected Animals -- The Northern Cervids -- Semiaquatic Mammals -- Gallinaceous Birds -- ch. Eight Humans in Cold Places -- Circulatory Responses to Cold -- Increasing Heat Output -- Mind over Temperature -- ch. Nine The Changing Snowpack, II -- Broken Mirror -- Species on the Move -- Unwelcome Thaw.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781611684285 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1611684285 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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