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Page 90
... spring and autumn can be more crucial than summer or winter . An early spring gives everything a good start , and during the summer it will be growing anyway . A late autumn will postpone the static wretchedness of winter . In the ...
... spring and autumn can be more crucial than summer or winter . An early spring gives everything a good start , and during the summer it will be growing anyway . A late autumn will postpone the static wretchedness of winter . In the ...
Page 129
... Spring is a good time to start , not just because it is the restart of things but because spring is peculiar to the temperate world , and most of all to its cool - temperate zone . The tropical world certainly has a resurgence of life ...
... Spring is a good time to start , not just because it is the restart of things but because spring is peculiar to the temperate world , and most of all to its cool - temperate zone . The tropical world certainly has a resurgence of life ...
Page 130
... spring would indeed be an abrupt affair . Plants would either not be growing or , suddenly , they would be active . The situation would be as in the polar regions where spring is non - existent and summer happens almost at once . The ...
... spring would indeed be an abrupt affair . Plants would either not be growing or , suddenly , they would be active . The situation would be as in the polar regions where spring is non - existent and summer happens almost at once . The ...
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List of Diagrams | 9 |
The Calendar | 17 |
The Basic Rhythms | 51 |
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activity adaptation aestivation animals annual Antarctica Arctic Arctic circle astronomical autumn average axis basic basking shark behaviour bird migration birds breeding season cause cave climate cold continents cool-temperate cycle dark daylength desert despite Earth effect eggs environment equator example exist extremely fact ferret flower gland growth heat hibernation hormone human hypothalamus ice age inches insects land latitude leaf lemming less light living long day plants mammals metabolism migration miles million monsoon month moon nest night normal northern hemisphere oestrogen orbit organisms oxygen palolo worm period pituitary pituitary gland plants polar poles pressure rain rainfall regions rhythm round the sun sexual short day plants similar situation snow snow buntings southern species spring square miles summer surface temperate world temperature torpor trees trigger tropical warm warmer warmth weather winds winter zeitgebers zone