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Hopping ahead of climate change : snowshoe hares, science, and survival / by Sneed B. Collard III.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Missoula, Montana : Bucking Horse Books, 2016Description: 64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780984446087
  • 0984446087
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Contents:
The cheeseburger of the forest -- Hares in a warming world -- Studying hares -- White hares, brown backgrounds -- Hare today, gone tomorrow? -- Hope for hares -- Going global -- A risky experiment -- Hop up to the plate -- Bound to the head of the class.
Summary: Scientists seek to answer the critical question "Can snowshoe hares and other animals that change their coat color each winter adapt to shorter winters caused by climate change?"
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 599.328 C697 Available 33111008569432
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 599.328 C697 Available 33111008500254
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A snowshoe hare nibbles on spruce and fir buds high in a Rocky Mountain forest. The hare isn't overly worried about predators because its white fur blends in perfectly with snow. There's only one problem. This year, there isn't any snow. As the hare forages, a great horned owl notices. The result? A disaster for the hare--one that is happening more and more frequently across its range.
Hopping Ahead of Climate Change describes one of the most intriguing and important studies of our time--the work of biologist Scott Mills, who is trying to answer the critical question: Can animals that change their coat colors with the seasons survive shorter winters caused by climate change? Working with an international team of colleagues and students, Professor Mills has been conducting a range of studies that explore the impacts of a hotter world on animals. In Hopping Ahead of Climate Change, readers learn how Professor Mills studies snowshoe hares, which questions he seeks to answer, and most importantly, what he has discovered. The results are both fascinating and surprising--and have vital implications for the future of our planet.

Includes index.

The cheeseburger of the forest -- Hares in a warming world -- Studying hares -- White hares, brown backgrounds -- Hare today, gone tomorrow? -- Hope for hares -- Going global -- A risky experiment -- Hop up to the plate -- Bound to the head of the class.

Scientists seek to answer the critical question "Can snowshoe hares and other animals that change their coat color each winter adapt to shorter winters caused by climate change?"

Ages 10-16.

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