After the Ice Age : the Return of Life to Glaciated North America.

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pielou, E. C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Temas:
From 10 thousand years ago
Paleobiogeography > North America.
Paleontology > Holocene.
Glacial epoch > North America.
Paleoecology > Holocene.
Paleoecology > North America.
Paléobiogéographie > Amérique du Nord.
Paléontologie > Holocène.
Époque glaciaire > Amérique du Nord.
Paléoécologie > Holocène.
Paléoécologie > Amérique du Nord.
Glacial epoch
Holocene Geologic Period
Paleobiogeography
Paleoecology
Paleontology
North America
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  • AFTER THE ICE AGE; Contents; Prologue; PART ONE PRELIMINARIES; 1 The Physical Setting; 2 The Fossil Evidence; 3 Interpreting the Evidence; 4 The Migration of Vegetation; PART TWO THE TIME OF MAXIMUM ICE; 5 Eighteen Thousand Years Ago: Life South of the Ice; 6 The Coasts; 7 Beringia and the Ice-free Corridor; PART TIHREE THE MELTING OF THE ICE; 8 The Ice Begins to Melt; 9 The Great Proglacial Lakes; 10 The Rising Sea; PART FOUR THE PLEISTOCENE HOLOCENE TRANSITION; 11 The End of an Epoch; 12 The Great Wave of Extinctions; PART FIVE OUR PRESENT EPOCH, THE HOLOCENE; 13 The Great Warmth.

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