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010			_a 2014014484
020			_a9781607813620 _q(pbk. ; _qalk. paper)
020			_a1607813629 _q(pbk. ; _qalk. paper)
020			_z9781607813637 _q(ebook)
035			_a(OCoLC)880929503 _z(OCoLC)897721455
050	0	0	_aQH104.5.R6 _bC66 2014
070	0		_aQH104.5.R6 _bC66 2014
082	0	0	_a508.78 _223
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100	1		_aConstantz, George, _d1947-
245	1	0	_aIce, fire, and nutcrackers : _ba Rocky Mountain ecology / _cGeorge Constantz.
264		1	_aSalt Lake City : _bThe University of Utah Press, _c[2014]
264		4	_c
300			_avii, 399 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 313-370) and index.
505	0		_aNutcracker's brain -- Lupine's defense -- Paintbrush parasites -- Eat me! -- Lodgepole cones -- Aspen clones -- Sex-reversed katydids -- Optimizing bumblebees -- Flickering butterflies -- Axolotls -- Tadpole kin -- Scent of a mouse -- The ultra-overwinterer -- Hummingbirds micromanage their energy -- Hay-stacker -- Two fat marmots, one fat rock -- Intimidating bitches -- The counterintuitive grizzly -- The bearded climber -- Antler indicators -- Rock artists -- Themes -- Land lines.
520			_aUsing his expertise as a biologist and ecologist, George Constantz illuminates these remarkable slices of mountain life. His provocative accounts of birds, insects, rodents, predators, trees, and flowers are natural history at its best, provoking curiosity and wonder. Who wouldn't be intrigues by a rattlesnake's ability to hunt in total darkness by detecting the infrared radiation emitted by a mouse? Or the adaptations that enable white-tailed ptarmigan to thrive in their high, treeless alpine environments--even through the winter? These and other narratives, often brought home with a counterintuitive twist, invite readers to make new connections and broaden perspectives about wild places.
650		0	_aNatural history _zRocky Mountains.
650		0	_aMountain animals _xAdaptation _zRocky Mountains.
650		0	_aMountain plants _xAdaptation _zRocky Mountains.
650		0	_aMountain ecology _zRocky Mountains.
650		7	_aMountain ecology. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01028254
650		7	_aMountain plants _xAdaptation. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01028291
650		7	_aNatural history. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01034268
651		7	_aRocky Mountains. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01241420
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