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Can I read Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology, fourth edition on EtoBox?
Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology, fourth edition by Marchand, Peter J., author is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology, fourth edition about?
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EBL platform, viewed April 14, 2014) 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 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 "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
Who reads Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology, fourth edition?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Marchand, Peter J., author
- Publisher
- Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781611684285
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Fiction, Nature, Travel