Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival - Brossura

Heinrich, Bernd

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0061129070 ISBN 13: 9780061129070

Casa editrice: Ecco Pr, 2009

Riassunto

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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L'autore:

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.

Product Description:

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.

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• Editore: Ecco Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061129070
• ISBN 13: 9780061129070
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 357