Article: Book reviews -- A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic by E. C. Pielou / Winter: An Ecological Handbook by James C. Halfpenny and Roy Douglas Ozanne

A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic. By E.C. Pielou. 1994. The University of Chicago Press (5801 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637). 344 pp. Paperback: $19.95.

Winter: An Ecological Handbook. By James C. Halfpenny and Roy Douglas Ozanne. 1989. Johnson Publishing Company (1880 South 57th Court, Boulder, CO 80301). 273 pp. Paperback: $16.95.

If the biological discipline of ecology has yet to achieve maturity, then the specialized study of ecosystems in winter is surely in its infancy. Conventional education and research experiences have tuned ecologists to investigate ecosystems during the growing season (ordinarily April to October) in temperate climates. Much less understanding and even less ...

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