Peter J. Marchand 的《寒冷中的生活》是市面上唯一一本全面介绍植物和动物（包括人类）与寒冷天气环境之间的相互作用。作者专注于“冬季活跃”生物所面对的问题，阐明了在需要非凡适应的地方维持生命的许多挑战。这本经典著作的第四版包括关于气候变化及其对北方越冬动植物影响的新章节。

好评：

An ideal entry to winter ecology. It provides basic information, in a clear manner, about snowpack, plant and animal mechanisms of winter survival on land and in fresh water, plant–animal interactions in the cold, and human reactions to cold . . . Should be in all undergraduate and public libraries where people encounter snow and ice.

—Choice

Teachers and naturalists will find Life in the Cold a valuable resource in their work; college level students can use it to supplement texts in ecology or field biology . . . A thoroughly useful and delightful book!

—Nature Study

Scientifically based and well-researched and well-written in a style intended for a general audience . . . I found it absolutely fascinating. For one who enjoys nature in winter and thinks she knows something about it, this book turned up lots of information on topics I hadn't even thought of.

—Maine Sunday Telegram

Marchand believes that winter is unfairly misunderstood, associated with 'stillness, darkness, and death.' Yet as each spring attests, living things somehow manage to reappear. To determine how, the ecologist spent 13 long and lonesome winters outdoors, traveling by snowshoe in Vermont and Colorado's Rockies studying the forces of winter and the ways that plants and animals cope with extreme cold, dryness, decreased sunlight, and severe conditions. In this book Marchand bolsters his own work with research from physics, meteorology, plant and animal physiology, and physical chemistry. But he pulls it all together admirably into a panoramic view of the winter ecosystem. He discovers many fascinating facts and destroys lots of preconceptions.

—Chicago Tribune

关于作者：

PETER J. MARCHAND 接受过地球科学和生态系统分析方面的培训。他获得了在阿巴拉契亚山脉北部林线研究冬季压力的博士学位，并将其职业生涯的大部分时间投入到研究冬季生态学的各个方面。他目前居住在科罗拉多州的落基山脉，担任 Catamount 中心生物野外站的首席研究员。除了寒冷中的生活外，他还是《北方森林自然指南》（AMC 图书，2010 年）的作者。