| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Winter Paths: Options for Overwintering Success -- 2. The Changing Snowpack -- 3. Plants and the Winter Environment -- 4. Animals and the Winter Environment -- 5. Life under Ice -- 6. Plant-Animal Interactions: Food for Thought -- 7. Winter Profiles: A Season in the Lives of Selected Animals -- 8. Humans in Cold Places -- 9. The Changing Snowpack, II. |
| Summary |
The fourth edition of a classic work on cold climate ecosystems, with a new chapter on climate change and its effects on plants and animals wintering in the North. |
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"Peter J. Marchand's Life in the Cold, remains the one book that offers a comprehensive picture of the interactions of plants and animals--including humans--with their cold-weather environment. Focusing on the problems of 'winter-active' organisms, Marchand illuminates the many challenges of sustaining life in places that demand extraordinary adaptations. The fourth edition of this classic text includes a new chapter on climate change and its effects on plants and animals wintering in the North"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cold adaptation.
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Cold adaptation. |
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Winter.
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Winter. |
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Ecology.
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Ecology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marchand, Peter J. Life in the cold. Fourth edition. Lebanon, NH : University Press of New England, [2013] 9781611684285 (DLC) 2013024102 (OCoLC)849822635 |
| ISBN |
9781611685060 electronic book |
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1611685060 electronic book |
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9781611684285 (paperback) |
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1611684285 (paperback) |
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