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Named one of the "101 Best Sci-Tech Books of the Year" by Library Journal when it first appeared in 1987, Life in the Cold is now available in a revised and enlarged edition. In this ecological study, Peter Marchand explains the forces of winter throughout the world and the many ways that plants and animals cope with this mysterious, forbidding, and often misunderstood time of year. Aimed at sciece-oriented general readers as well as serious students of ecology, it contains information sure to renew wonder at the indomitability of life under the harshest of circumstances. This new edition Updated research on plant-animal interactions extends coverage of animals to include overwintering strategies of insects, amphibians, and polar marine fishes expands discussion of human cold tolerance contains 31 new illustrations adds appendices on conducting experiments in the cold
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5 7/8 x 9 trim. 34 illus. 96 figs. 2 charts. LC 96-19460
About the Author
PETER J. MARCHAND has devoted much of the last 20 years to the research and teaching of winter ecology. Founder of the winter ecology program at the Center for Northern Studies in Wolcott, VT, he teaches winter ecology at The Colorado College. He is also the author of Autumn: A Season of Change.
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