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Winter world : the ingenuity of animal survival

Author: Bernd Heinrich
Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, ©2003.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Bernd Heinrich
ISBN: 0060197447 : 9780060197445
OCLC Number: 51326270
Description: xii, 347 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 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?
Responsibility: Bernd Heinrich.
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