Winter world
Subtitle: the ingenuity of animal survival
By: Bernd Heinrich.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Animals -- Wintering.
Description: "Unlike their human counterparts, who alter the environment to accommodate physical limitations, most animals are adapted to an amazing range of conditions. In Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival, biologist, illustrator, and award-winning author Bernd Heinrich explores his local woods, where he delights in the seemingly infinite feats of animal inventiveness he discovers there.".

"Because winter drastically affects the most elemental component of all life - water - radical changes in a creature's physiology and behavior must take place to match the demands of the environment. Some creatures survive by developing antifreeze; others must remain in constant motion to maintain their high body temperatures. Even if animals can avoid freezing to death, they must still manage to find food in a time of scarcity, or store it from a time of plenty.".

"Beautifully illustrated throughout with the author's delicate drawings and infused by his inexhaustible enchantment with nature, Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival awakens the wonders and mysteries by which nature sustains herself through winter's harsh, cruel exigencies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-347).
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Fire and ice -- -- 2.; title: Snow and the subnivian space -- -- 3. A; title: late winter walk -- -- 4.; title: Tracking a weasel -- -- 5.; title: Nests and dens -- -- 6.; title: Flying squirrels in a huddle -- -- 7.; title: Hibernating squirrels (heating up to dream) -- -- 8. The; title: kinglet's feathers -- -- 9. The; title: kinglet's winter fuel -- -- 10.; title: Hibernating birds -- -- 11.; title: Torpid turtles under ice -- -- 12.; title: Iced-in water rodents -- -- 13.; title: Frozen frogs on ice -- -- 14.; title: Insects : from the diversity to the limits -- -- 15.; title: Mice in winter -- -- 16.; title: Supercool(ed) houseguests (with and without) antifreeze) -- -- 17.; title: Of bats and butterflies and cold storage -- -- 18.; title: Aggregating for winter -- -- 19.; title: Winter flocks -- -- 20.; title: Berries preserved -- -- 21.; title: Bears in winter -- -- 22.; title: Storing food -- -- 23.; title: Bees' winter gamble -- -- 24.; title: Winter buds -- -- 25. The; title: kinglets' key?