Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival - Bernd Heinrich (2003)

INTRODUCTION

A NOTE ON TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

FIRE AND ICE

SNOW AND THE SUBNIVIAN SPACE

A LATE WINTER WALK

TRACKING A WEASEL

NESTS AND DENS

FLYING SQUIRRELS IN A HUDDLE

HIBERNATING SQUIRRELS (HEATING UP TO DREAM)

THE KINGLET’S FEATHERS

THE KINGLET’S WINTER FUEL

HIBERNATING BIRDS

TORPID TURTLES UNDER ICE

ICED-IN WATER RODENTS

FROZEN FROGS ON ICE

INSECTS: FROM THE DIVERSITY TO THE LIMITS

MICE IN WINTER

SUPERCOOL(ED) HOUSEGUESTS (WITH AND WITHOUT ANTIFREEZE)

OF BATS AND BUTTERFLIES AND COLD STORAGE

AGGREGATING FOR WINTER

WINTER FLOCKS

BERRIES PRESERVED

BEARS IN WINTER

STORING FOOD

BEES’ WINTER GAMBLE

WINTER BUDS

THE KINGLETS’ KEY?

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