Birds of Anaktuvuk Pass, Kobuk, and Old Crow : a study in Arctic adaptation.
Title:
Birds of Anaktuvuk Pass, Kobuk, and Old Crow : a study in Arctic adaptation.
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Publication Information:
[Washington] : [Smithsonian Institution], [1960]
Physical Description:
409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Abstract:
These observations and studies were made during expeditions for physiological investigations of adaptation of the arctic Alaskan climate supported by the Office of Naval Research, through the Arctic Research Laboratory, from 1947 to 1949, and by the United States Public Health Service, through the Arctic Health Research Center, 1949.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-368).
Contents:
The Background. pp. 1.
Anaktuvuk Pass. pp. 15.
Kobuk. pp. 131.
Old Crow. pp. 149.
Status and distribution. pp. 245.
Migration and origins. pp. 263.
Residence in the Arctic. pp. 287.
Biological aspects of migration and nesting. pp. 315.
Arctic metabolic economy of warm-blooded animals. pp. 331.
Retrospect. pp. 353.
Literature cited. pp. 357-368.
Appendix. pp. 369-388.
Index. pp. 389-409.