Life in the Cold : An Introduction to Winter Ecology, fourth edition / / Peter J. Marchand
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| Autore: |
Marchand Peter J
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| Titolo: |
Life in the Cold : An Introduction to Winter Ecology, fourth edition / / Peter J. Marchand
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| Pubblicazione: | Lebanon, NH : , : University Press of New England, , [2014] |
| Edizione: | Fourth edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 578.4/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ecology |
| Winter | |
| Cold adaptation | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Life in the cold |
| ISBN: | 1-61168-506-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453674103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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