After the Ice Age :
Pielou, E. C., 1924-2016.
After the Ice Age : the return of life to glaciated North America / E.C. Pielou. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991. - 1 online resource (ix, 366 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-355) and index.
pt. 1. Preliminaries -- pt. 2. The time of maximum ice -- pt. 3. The melting of the ice -- pt. 4. The Pleistocene / Holocene transition -- pt. 5. Our present epoch, the holocene.
The fascinating story of how a harsh terrain that resembled modern Antarctica has been transformed gradually into the forests, grasslands, and wetlands we know today. "One of the best scientific books published in the last ten years."?Ottowa Journal. "A valuable new synthesis of facts and ideas about climate, geography, and life during the past 20,000 years. More important, the book conveys an intimate appreciation of the rich variety of nature through time."?S. David Webb, Science.
0226668096 9780226668093 9780226668123 0226668126
From 10 thousand years ago
Paleobiogeography--North America.
Paleontology--Holocene.
Glacial epoch--North America.
Paleoecology--Holocene.
Paleoecology--North America.
Pal�eobiog�eographie--Am�erique du Nord.
Pal�eontologie--Holoc�ene.
�Epoque glaciaire--Am�erique du Nord.
Pal�eo�ecologie--Am�erique du Nord.
NATURE--Fossils.
NATURE--Animals--Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
SCIENCE--Paleontology.
Glacial epoch.
Holocene Geologic Period.
Paleobiogeography.
Paleoecology.
Paleontology.
North America.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QE721.2.P24 / P54 1991eb
560/.1/78
After the Ice Age : the return of life to glaciated North America / E.C. Pielou. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991. - 1 online resource (ix, 366 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-355) and index.
pt. 1. Preliminaries -- pt. 2. The time of maximum ice -- pt. 3. The melting of the ice -- pt. 4. The Pleistocene / Holocene transition -- pt. 5. Our present epoch, the holocene.
The fascinating story of how a harsh terrain that resembled modern Antarctica has been transformed gradually into the forests, grasslands, and wetlands we know today. "One of the best scientific books published in the last ten years."?Ottowa Journal. "A valuable new synthesis of facts and ideas about climate, geography, and life during the past 20,000 years. More important, the book conveys an intimate appreciation of the rich variety of nature through time."?S. David Webb, Science.
0226668096 9780226668093 9780226668123 0226668126
From 10 thousand years ago
Paleobiogeography--North America.
Paleontology--Holocene.
Glacial epoch--North America.
Paleoecology--Holocene.
Paleoecology--North America.
Pal�eobiog�eographie--Am�erique du Nord.
Pal�eontologie--Holoc�ene.
�Epoque glaciaire--Am�erique du Nord.
Pal�eo�ecologie--Am�erique du Nord.
NATURE--Fossils.
NATURE--Animals--Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
SCIENCE--Paleontology.
Glacial epoch.
Holocene Geologic Period.
Paleobiogeography.
Paleoecology.
Paleontology.
North America.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QE721.2.P24 / P54 1991eb
560/.1/78