Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology

by Peter J. Marchand

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874517850
• ISBN13: 9780874517859
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A Thorough Explanation of Winter Adaptations

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.

Have you ever wondered why insects don't freeze in winter?

A facinating overview of the biology of adaptation to winter. Of interest to students, teachers, and outdoors people who wish to understand interaction between life and the winter environment.