Provides an accessible introduction to the intriguing animal behavior of hibernation
Clive Roots has been a zoo director for many years. He has travelled the world collecting live animals for zoo conservation programs. Roots has acted as a masterplanning and design consultant for numerous zoological garden and related projects around the world, and has written many books on zoo and natural history subjects.
This title has been reviewed jointly with Nocturnal Animals and
Hibernation, both by Clive Roots…..These three titles fill a niche.
Most available books on flightless birds, nocturnal animals, and
hibernation are for a juvenile audience, or they focus narrowly on
particular animals (e.g., penguins) rather than giving a broad
overview. Undergraduates in zoology will find these books useful.
Recommended. Lower-/upper-level undergraduates, two-year technical
program students, and general readers.
*Choice*
Roots, who is a zoo director, explains the physiology behind
hibernation then characterizes the hibernation behavior of fish,
amphibians, rodents, bears, bats, and some cold-blooded mammals. A
short but surprising chapter explores daily torpidity among
hummingbirds, swifts, poorwills, chickadees, and vultures. Both
black and white photographs and color plates are provided, making
the book particularly suitable for high school and public
libraries.
*SciTech Book News*
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