TY - BOOK AU - Levin,Judith TI - Life at a high altitude SN - 0823939871 (lib. bdg.) U1 - 577.533 PY - 2004/// CY - New York, NY PB - Rosen Central KW - Altitude, Influence of KW - Juvenile literature KW - Mountains KW - Mountain ecology KW - Ecology KW - Survival N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60) and index; Introduction: thin air -- Hanging on for their lives -- Survivors of the animal world -- The high life -- Adventures in the death zone N2 - Defines high altitudes, where air is thinner, cooler, and drier, and indicates how plants, animals, and humans learn to survive in this extreme environment ER -