1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777487103321

Autore

Pielou E. C. <1924-2016>

Titolo

After the Ice Age : the return of life to glaciated North America / / E.C. Pielou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1991

ISBN

1-281-43051-X

0-226-66809-6

9786611430511

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrations, maps

Classificazione

RT 15123

Disciplina

560/.1/78

Soggetti

Paleobiogeography - North America

Paleontology - Holocene

Glacial epoch - North America

Paleoecology - Holocene

Paleoecology - North America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-355) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00133912

Autore

MUTTUVIRAK KAVIRAYAR, Puliyankuti

Titolo

Cankara Narayanar / Puliyankuti Muttuvirak Kavirayar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[s. l.], : [s. n.], 1968

Descrizione fisica

7, 90 p. ; 23 cm

Classificazione

SI VI LB

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tamil

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia