02736nam 2200709 a 450 991045129670332120200520144314.01-281-43051-X0-226-66809-6978661143051110.7208/9780226668093(CKB)1000000000414835(EBL)408170(OCoLC)476227737(SSID)ssj0000100057(PQKBManifestationID)11566157(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100057(PQKBWorkID)10019810(PQKB)11523816(MiAaPQ)EBC408170(DE-B1597)523424(OCoLC)1055278234(DE-B1597)9780226668093(Au-PeEL)EBL408170(CaPaEBR)ebr10229988(CaONFJC)MIL143051(EXLCZ)99100000000041483519900430d1991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfter the Ice Age[electronic resource] the return of life to glaciated North America /E.C. PielouChicago University of Chicago Press19911 online resource (380 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-66812-6 0-226-66811-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 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,SciencePaleobiogeographyNorth AmericaPaleontologyHoloceneGlacial epochNorth AmericaPaleoecologyHolocenePaleoecologyNorth AmericaElectronic books.PaleobiogeographyPaleontologyGlacial epochPaleoecologyPaleoecology560/.1/78Pielou E. C.1924-920976MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451296703321After the Ice Age2244539UNINA