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020 a| 0874517850 (alk. paper);

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100 1 a| Marchand, Peter J.=| ^A384862;

245 10 a| Life in the cold :b| an introduction to winter ecology /c| Peter J. Marchand ; with illustrations by Libby Walker.;

250 a| 3rd ed.;

260 a| Hanover, NH :b| University Press of New England,c| 1996.;

300 a| xiv, 304 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Winter paths: options for overwintering success: Migration -- Hibernation -- Resistance -- The changing snowpack: Destructive metamorphism -- Constructive metamorphism -- Melt metamorphism -- Insulative value of a snowcover -- Snow and radiant energy -- Plants and the winter environment: Acclimating to the cold -- Weathing the winter drought -- The evergreen advantage -- Mechanical problems, the brute forces of winter -- 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 -- Life under ice: Temperature/density relationships -- Freezing around the edges -- Dormancy versus activity: compensating for the cold -- Dealing with oxygen depletion.;

650 0 a| Cold adaptation.=| ^A58848;

650 0 a| Winter.=| ^A174500;

650 0 a| Ecology.=| ^A164;

994 a| E0b| NPE;

590 a| Little-327190--305131025264W;

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998 a| 1740437;

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Life in the cold : an introduction to winter ecology / Peter J. Marchand ; with illustrations by Libby Walker.

Author/creator	Marchand, Peter J.
Format	Book
Edition	3rd ed.
Publication Info	Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, 1996.
Description	xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Cold adaptation. Winter. Ecology.

Contents	Winter paths: options for overwintering success: Migration -- Hibernation -- Resistance -- The changing snowpack: Destructive metamorphism -- Constructive metamorphism -- Melt metamorphism -- Insulative value of a snowcover -- Snow and radiant energy -- Plants and the winter environment: Acclimating to the cold -- Weathing the winter drought -- The evergreen advantage -- Mechanical problems, the brute forces of winter -- 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 -- Life under ice: Temperature/density relationships -- Freezing around the edges -- Dormancy versus activity: compensating for the cold -- Dealing with oxygen depletion.
Local note	Little-327190--305131025264W
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	96019460
ISBN	0874517850 (alk. paper)

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