Arctic Animals: And Their Adaptations to Life on the Edge
Norwegian arctic biologist Blix offers undergraduate students an introduction to the field, drawing largely on his own 30-plus years of arctic travels and contact with most of the animals and birds he describes. He discusses the region; the late Cenozoic glaciations; marine invertebrates, fish, and mammals; land invertebrates; amphibians and reptiles; terrestrial birds and mammals; summer migrants to the Arctic; and physiological adaptations. Readers are expected to have some knowledge of...
