From the Book - Regular Print - Fourth edition.
Chapter 1 Winter Paths: Options for Overwintering Success 1 --
Chapter 2 Changing Snowpack 24 --
Destructive Metamorphism 24 --
Constructive Metamorphism 26 --
Insulative Value of a Snowcover 30 --
Snow and Radiant Energy 35 --
Chapter 3 Plants and the Winter Environment 47 --
Acclimating to the Cold 48 --
Weathering the Winter Drought 62 --
Evergreen Advantage 79 --
Mechanical Forces of Winter 83 --
Chapter 4 Animals and the Winter Environment 91 --
Basics of Energy Exchange 91 --
Warm Bodies in Cold Environments 94 --
Bergmann's and Gloger s Rules 114 --
Cold-Blooded Gamble 120 --
Chapter 5 Life under Ice 135 --
Temperature/Density Relationships 135 --
Freezing around the Edges 138 --
Dormancy versus Activity 143 --
Dealing with Oxygen Depletion 148 --
Chapter 6 Plant-Animal Interactions: Food for Thought 152 --
Bargaining with Hoarders 152 --
Coping with Browsers 159 --
Plants and the Quality of Subnivean Life 168 --
Carbon Dioxide Debate 171 --
Chapter 7 Winter Profiles: A Season in the Lives of Selected Animals 176 --
Semiaquatic Mammals 198 --
Gallinaceous Birds 215 --
Chapter 8 Humans in Cold Places 223 --
Circulatory Responses to Cold 224 --
Increasing Heat Output 229 --
Mind over Temperature 234 --
Chapter 9 Changing Snowpack, II 238 --
Species on the Move 242 --
