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Ice, Fire, and Nutcrackers: A Rocky Mountain Ecology
George Constantz
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Description for Ice, Fire, and Nutcrackers: A Rocky Mountain Ecology
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: RNC; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
Why do quaking aspens grow in prominent clumps rather than randomly scattered across the landscape? Why and how does a rufous hummingbird drop its metabolism to one-hundredth of its normal rate? Why do bull elk grow those enormous antlers?
Using his experience as a biologist and ecologist, George Constantz illuminates these and other remarkable slices of mountain life in plain and engaging language. His provocative accounts of birds, insects, rodents, predators, trees, and flowers are sure to stir the reader’s curiosity. Who wouldn’t be intrigued by a rattlesnake’s ability to hunt in total darkness by detecting the infrared radiation ... Read more
Why do quaking aspens grow in prominent clumps rather than randomly scattered across the landscape? Why and how does a rufous hummingbird drop its metabolism to one-hundredth of its normal rate? Why do bull elk grow those enormous antlers?
Using his experience as a biologist and ecologist, George Constantz illuminates these and other remarkable slices of mountain life in plain and engaging language. His provocative accounts of birds, insects, rodents, predators, trees, and flowers are sure to stir the reader’s curiosity. Who wouldn’t be intrigued by a rattlesnake’s ability to hunt in total darkness by detecting the infrared radiation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9781607813620
SKU
V9781607813620
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99-15
About George Constantz
George Constantz is an independent ecologist with special interest in fishes, streams, and watersheds. He has invested over twenty years working with grassroots watershed organizations to develop their scientific and organizational capacities. He has taught biology and ecology at both the high school and university levels. His first book, Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders: An Appalachian Mountain Ecology, is now in ... Read more
Reviews for Ice, Fire, and Nutcrackers: A Rocky Mountain Ecology
"The species chosen have provided excellent vehicles [of how basic ecological principles play out] and should each be equally entertaining while informing the reader. Guidebooks and those on the nature of native plants and animals often have one persuasion: to contribute as a reference/fact source. This book goes much beyond that. The general reader will find its strength, beyond fascinating ... Read more