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Seasons of life

the biological rhythms that enable living things to thrive and survive

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An edition of Seasons of life (2009)

Seasons of life

the biological rhythms that enable living things to thrive and survive

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Just as daily events are timed by living creatures through circadian rhythms, so seasonal events are timed through an internal calendar that signals birds to return to nesting grounds, salmon to spawn, plants to flower, squirrels to hibernate, kelp to stop growing. Russell G. Foster and Leon Kreitzman draw on remarkable recent scientific advances to explain how seasonal change affects organisms, and how plants and animals over countless generations have evolved exquisite sensitivities and adaptations to the seasons. The authors also highlight the impact of seasonal change on human health and well-being. They conclude with a discussion of the dangers posed when climate changes disrupt the seasonal rhythms on which so much life depends.

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
303

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Subjects

Biological rhythms, Circadian Rhythm, Organisms, Seasons, Biological Clocks, Physiology, Climatic changes, Life sciences, Circadian rhythms

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Seasons of Life: The Biological Rhythms That Living Things Need to Thrive and Survive
2010, TBS/GBS/Transworld
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Seasons of life: the biological rhythms that living things need to thrive and survive
2009, Profile Books
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Seasons of life: the biological rhythms that enable living things to thrive and survive
2009, Yale University Press
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Table of Contents

The generation of the seasons
Adapting to seasonal change
Anticipating seasonal change in plants
Seasonal reproduction in mammals and birds
Staying put in the cold: hibernation and diapause
Timing migration
Seasons and human evolution
Timing reproduction in humans
Birth month effects
Disease and seasonal timing
Seasonal affective disorder
The seasonality of dying
We are all phenology freaks now.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-280) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
571.77
Library of Congress
QH527 .F67 2009

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Pagination
xii, 303 pages :
Number of pages
303

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OL26452567M
Internet Archive
seasonsoflifebio0000fost
ISBN 10
0300115563, 0300167865
ISBN 13
9780300115567, 9780300167863
LCCN
2008944366
OCLC/WorldCat
262432333

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