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Title: Life in the Cold : An Introduction to Winter Ecology
Publisher: Dartmouth College
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0874514169
ISBN 13: 9780874514162
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: illustrated edition.
Condition: Good
Weight: 1.133 pounds

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Peter Marchand believes that winter is unfairly misunderstood, a season associated with "stillness, darkness, and death." Yet as each spring affirms, living things somehow manage to reappear. Since 1987, when the first edition appeared and was chosen by Library Journal as one of the year's 101 Best Sci-Tech Books, Marchand has been treating thousands of readers to a winter world that is very much alive. Now in this enlarged third edition, he offers a brand new chapter adding complete information on three major animal groups: northern cervids (deer, elk, moose, and caribou); semiaquatic mammals (beaver, otter, mink, and muskrat); and gallinaceous birds (grouse and ptarmigan). Experts and novices alike will find Life in the Cold indispensable and enjoyable.

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Winter presents unique challenges to living things. Marchand (ecology, Johnson State Coll.), describes the interrelationship of plants and animals in the winter environment. In true scientific fashion, he raises as many questions as he answers. Much is unknown about plants' abilities to withstand freezing temperatures, about plant-animal relationships, and about humans in cold climates. This work provides an academic treatment with just enough anecdotes and illustrations to make it enjoyable for the general reader. Suitable for public and college libraries. Randy Dykhuis, Grace A. Dow Memorial Lib., Midland, Mich.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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