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.
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"An ideal entry to winter ecology. It provides basic information, in a clear manner, about snowpack, plant and animal mechanisms of winter survival on land and in fresh water, plant-animal interactions in the cold, and human reactions to cold . . . Should be in all undergraduate and public libraries where people encounter snow and ice." --Choice
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A Thorough Explanation of Winter Adaptations,
By Herb in Tokyo "Herb" (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology (Paperback)
Thorough and scientific, this a good companion volume to Jim Halfpenny's excellent book on the same subject. Whereas Halfpenny's book is an excellent introduction for students and teachers of ecology, Marchand's book goes into more detail on physiological, behavioral, and biochemical adaptations to winter. It is therefore best suited to biology majors, graduate students, and naturalists with a desire for a complete explanation of how animals and plants adapt and survive in cold weather.
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very neat book,
By merrymousies (Waterford, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology (Paperback)
I started wondering one day what do animals do in the winter? How does thgis whole cycle continue. Then I got on Amazon, did a search and came up with this book. Its neat! It tells you about different hibernation methods (for example some insects turn their body fluids into a sort of antifreeze!) It also tells about plants and how they cope. Pretty interesting.
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very interesting, including the info on brown fat,
By Just Me (here and there across the USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology (Paperback)
Very interesting coverage of a poorly covered topic. Any nature lover in an area which gets cold really should read this book. I especially find the information on brown fat and how it helps with thermoregulation to be very interesting. I've heard of brown fat before, but never understood it.
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In the lair under the uprooted old spruce, a heart beats faintly but steadily as the season marches on. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
subnivean mammals, northern cervids, subnivean environment, destructive metamorphism, constructive metamorphism, winter photosynthesis, overwintering success, northern grouse, vapor concentration gradient, hunting response, winter ecology, exposed foliage, freeze avoidance, supercooling point, freeze tolerance, freezing resistance, insulative value, lower critical temperature, boreal forest regions, ice blast, winter environment, winter desiccation, leaf resistance, snow density, foliar absorption Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Peter Marchand, North America, United States, Rocky Mountains, New Hampshire, Bergmann's Rule, Bruce Gill, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Spec, Light Extinction, University of Manitoba, Winter Ecology of Small Mammals New!
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In the lair under the uprooted old spruce, a heart beats faintly but steadily as the season marches on. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
subnivean mammals, northern cervids, subnivean environment, destructive metamorphism, constructive metamorphism, winter photosynthesis, overwintering success, northern grouse, vapor concentration gradient, hunting response, winter ecology, exposed foliage, freeze avoidance, supercooling point, freeze tolerance, freezing resistance, insulative value, lower critical temperature, boreal forest regions, ice blast, winter environment, winter desiccation, leaf resistance, snow density, foliar absorption Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Winter Ecology of Small Mammals (Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Special Publication, No 10) by J. F. Merritt on 9 pages
- Animal Adaptation to Cold (Advances in Comparative & Environmental Physiology) by Lawrence C. H. Wang on 5 pages
- Carbon Dioxide by A. S. Young on page 181, page 182, and Back Matter
- Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment by Knut Schmidt-Nielsen on page 116, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment by Schmidt-Nielsen on page 116, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Winter: An Ecological Handbook by James C. Halfpenny on page 8, page 63, and page 176
- Wetland, Woodland, Wildland: A Guide to the Natural Communities of Vermont (Middlebury Bicentennial Series in Environmental Studies) by Elizabeth H. Thompson on page 107, and Back Matter
- The Last Wild Edge: One Woman's Journey from the Arctic Circle to the Olympic Rain Forest by Susan Zwinger on page 18, and Back Matter
- No Place Distant by David Havlick in Back Matter
- Snow Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Snow-Covered Ecosystems by H. G. Jones on page 319
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