02508cam a2200385 i 4500 1008984438 TxAuBib 20231012120000.0 r 130614s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781611685060 1611685060 (OCoLC)863821612 TxAuBib rda Marchand, Peter J. Life in the Cold : An Introduction to Winter Ecology, fourth edition / Peter J. Marchand. Fourth edition. Lebanon, NH : University Press of New England, [2014] 1 online resource (321 p.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. A revised edition of a classic work on cold climate ecosystems, with a new chapter on climate change. 20231012. English. Ecology. Winter. Cold adaptation. Electronic books.