SEASONS OF LIFE - The Biological Rhythms that Enable Living Things to Thrive and Survive by Foster, Russell G.; Kreitzman, Leon - 2009

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2009. (xii) 303 pp. Gray boards lettered in silver on the spine; headband; illustrated with diagrams and charts. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Foreword by Sir Brian Follett; Introduction; The Generation of the Seasons; Adapting to Seasonal Change; Anticipating Seasonal Change in Plants; Seasonal Reproduction in Mammals and Birds; Staying Put in the Cold: Hibernation and Diapause; Timing Migration; Seasons and Human Evolution; Timing Reproduction in Humans; Birth Month Effects; Disease and Seasonal Timing; Seasonal Affective Disorder; The Seasonality of Dying; and We Are All Phenology Freaks Now; followed by a glossary of common terms, an appendix and an index.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.