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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453674103321

Autore

Marchand Peter J

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lebanon, NH : , : University Press of New England, , [2014]

ISBN

1-61168-506-0

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

578.4/2

Soggetti

Ecology

Winter

Cold adaptation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Broken MirrorSpecies on the Move; Unwelcome Thaw; Glossary; Notes; Index; List of Unit Conversion Factors



Sommario/riassunto

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

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150493203321

Autore

Nasaw David

Titolo

Andrew carnegie / / David Nasaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rego Park, : Ascent Audio, 2015

ISBN

1-4690-5465-5

Edizione

[Unabridged.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (35 audio files) : digital

Classificazione

BIO003000BIO006000

Disciplina

338.7

Soggetti

Nonfiction

Biography & Autobiography

Business

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Audiolibro

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Unabridged.

Sommario/riassunto

Andrew Carnegie, whose lifetime spanned the era from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the First World War was America's first modern titan. In this magnificent biography, celebrated historian David Nasaw brings to life this period of unprecedented transition—a time of self-made millionaires, scabs, strikes, and a new kind of philanthropy—through the fascinating rags-to-riches story of one of our most iconic business legends. The Scottish-born son of a failed weaver and a mother who supported the family by binding shoes, Andrew Carnegie was the embodiment of the American dream. In his rise from a job as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory to being the richest man in the world, he was single-minded, relentless, and a major player in some of the most violent and notorious labor strikes of the time. The prototype of today's billionaire, he was a visionary in the way he earned his money and in the way he gave it away. Nasaw explains how Carnegie made his fortune and how he tried to pull the world back from a war he predicted. Brimming with new material, personal letters, diaries,



prenuptial agreements, letters to and from presidents and prime ministers, Nasaw plumbs the core of this fascinating man, fixing him in his place as one of the most compelling, elusive, and multifaceted personalities of the 20th century.