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ISBN: | 9781611685060 1611685060 9781611684285 1611684285
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index. Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EBL platform, viewed April 14, 2014).
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Summary: | 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.
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Other form: | Print version: Marchand, Peter J. Life in the cold. Fourth edition. Lebanon, NH : University Press of New England, [2013] 9781611684285
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