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Polar Ecology
Bernard Stonehouse
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Description for Polar Ecology
Paperback. Series: Tertiary Level Biology. Num Pages: 230 pages, 73 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QMP; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Polar Ecology is one ecologist's attempt to sum up plant, animal and environmental relationships in the polar regions. Ecology grabs ecologists in different ways. I was grabbed in Antarctica by Adelie penguins, incubating contentedly at - 20°C with unmelting snow on their backs, and by minute black insects basking at lOoC in tufts of moss, while winds at - 15°C swept past unheeded. Some time later I saw snow buntings sheltering under Canadian eaves at - 30°C, and wondered (as I still wonder) how so tiny an organism maintains body temperature against so sharp a gradient. The subtitle of this ... Read more
Polar Ecology is one ecologist's attempt to sum up plant, animal and environmental relationships in the polar regions. Ecology grabs ecologists in different ways. I was grabbed in Antarctica by Adelie penguins, incubating contentedly at - 20°C with unmelting snow on their backs, and by minute black insects basking at lOoC in tufts of moss, while winds at - 15°C swept past unheeded. Some time later I saw snow buntings sheltering under Canadian eaves at - 30°C, and wondered (as I still wonder) how so tiny an organism maintains body temperature against so sharp a gradient. The subtitle of this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Series
Tertiary Level Biology
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781475712629
SKU
V9781475712629
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Ref
99-15
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