| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 -- |
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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. |
| Subject |
Cold adaptation.
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Winter.
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Ecology.
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| ISBN |
0874517850 alkaline paper |
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9780874517859 alkaline paper |
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