From flying squirrels to grizzly bears, and from torpid turtles to insects with antifreeze, the animal kingdom relies on some staggering evolutionary innovations to survive winter. Unlike their human counterparts, who must alter the environment to accommodate physical limitations, animals are adaptable to an amazing range of conditions.Examining everything from food sources in the extremely barren winter land-scape to the chemical composition that allows certain creatures to survive, Heinrich's Winter World awakens the largely undiscovered mysteries by which nature sustains herself through winter's harsh, cruel exigencies.
Autorentext
The classic Winter World is an intimate, accessible, and eloquent illumination of animal survival in winter. Bernd Heinrich awakens the largely undiscovered mysteries by which nature sustains herself through the harsh, cruel exigencies of the winter season.
"Heinrich has a rare ability to embed dense scientific explanations within graceful, light-footed nature writing."-New York Times Book ReviewAutorentext
The author of numerous bestselling and award-winning books, Bernd Heinrich is a professor of biology at the University of Vermont. He divides his time between Vermont and the forests of western Maine.
Titel
Winter World
Untertitel
The Ingenuity of Animal Survival
Autor
EAN
9780061757631
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
13.10.2009
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Anzahl Seiten
400
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