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Winter : an ecological handbook
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This guide to various aspects of winter includes stresses of cold temperatures on animals, plants and people, coping behaviours and mechanisms, the forces of winter and the human perception and exp...
This guide to various aspects of winter includes stresses of cold temperatures on animals, plants and people, coping behaviours and mechanisms, the forces of winter and the human perception and experience of the season.
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- Creator
- James C. Halfpenny and Roy Douglas Ozanne ; illustrated by Elizabeth Biesiot
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- First edition
- Boulder, Colo. : Johnson Books, [1989]
- ©1989
- Physical Details
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- x, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781555660369, 1555660363
- OCLC
- ocm20694114
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Winter ecology -- The science called ecology -- The science called winter ecology -- History of winter ecology -- What and where is winter -- The sun and winter -- Energy -- Snow -- Life, winter, and adaptation -- Effects of winter and strategies for coping -- Nivean environment -- Temperature, life, and biochemistry -- Physiological responses -- Energy and mass balance -- Animal energetics and nutrition -- Animal populations -- Plants and winter -- Insects and winter -- People and winter -- Perceptions -- Humans and cold -- Out in the winter -- Experiencing winter -- Winter field experiments -- Ecology of winter symposium -- Research equipment