<p>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</p>

Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology

Science & Math

Peter J. Marchand

Biological Sciences

Univ Press of New England

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Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology