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Author(s): George Constantz
ISBN(s): 9781607813637, 1607813637
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 6.35 MB
Year: 2014
Language: english
SKU: EB-51429122 Category: Tag:

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ISBN 10: 1607813637 
ISBN 13: 9781607813637
Author: George Constantz

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 remarkable slices of mountain life in plain but engaging language. Whether it sketches conflict or cooperation, surprise or familiarity, each story resolves when interpreted through the theory of evolution by natural selection.
 
These 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 emitted by a mouse? Or how white-tailed ptarmigan thrive in their high, treeless alpine environments — even through the winter? The narratives, often brought home with a counterintuitive twist, invite readers to make new connections and broaden perspectives of a favorite outdoor place.

Ice Fire and Nutcrackers A Rocky Mountain Ecology 1st Table of contents:

  1. Nutcracker’s Brain
  2. Lupine’s Defense
  3. Paintbrush Parasites
  4. Eat Me!
  5. Lodgepole Cones
  6. Aspen Clones
  7. Sex-Reversed Katydids
  8. Optimizing Bumblebees
  9. Flickering Butterflies
  10. Axolotls
  11. Tadpole Kin
  12. Scent of a Mouse
  13. The Ultra-Overwinterer
  14. Hummingbirds Micromanage Their Energy
  15. Hay-Stacker
  16. Two Fat Marmots, One Fat Rock
  17. Intimidating Bitches
  18. The Counterintuitive Grizzly
  19. The Bearded Climber
  20. Antler Indicators
  21. Rock Artists
  22. Themes
  23. Land Lines

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