Winter world : the ingenuity of animal survival
Explores the winter survival tactics of animals, including flying squirrels, grizzly bears, torpid turtles, and insects, revealing how these animals alter and adapt to an array of extraordinary conditions
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| Location | |
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| Stamford | Available |
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| Subject |
| Animals > Wintering. |
- ISBN: 0060197447
- ISBN: 9780060197445
- Physical Description xii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher New York, NY : Ecco, [2003]
- Copyright 2003
Content descriptions
| General Note: | All line drawings are by Bernd Heinrich. The temperature conversion table on page 8 is by Jane S. Kim. -- Title page, verso |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-347) |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Fire and ice -- 2. Snow and the subnivian space -- 3. A late winter walk -- 4. Tracking a weasel -- 5. Nests and dens -- 6. Flying squirrels in a huddle -- 7. Hibernating squirrels (heating up to dream) -- 8. The kinglet's feathers -- 9. The kinglet's winter fuel -- 10. Hibernating birds -- 11. Torpid turtles under ice -- 12. Iced-in water rodents -- 13. Frozen frogs on ice -- 14. Insects : from the diversity to the limits -- 15. Mice in winter -- 16. Supercool(ed) houseguests (with and without) antifreeze) -- 17. Of bats and butterflies and cold storage -- 18. Aggregating for winter -- 19. Winter flocks -- 20. Berries preserved -- 21. Bears in winter -- 22. Storing food -- 23. Bees' winter gamble -- 24. Winter buds -- 25. The kinglets' key? |