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After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America
E. C. Pielou
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paperback. The fascinating story of how a harsh terrain that resembled modern Anarctica has been transformed gradually into the forests, grasslands, and wetlands we know today". . . . offers a chance to travel through 20,000 years of environmental change from varied perspectives".--Robert T. Lackey, Bioscience. Photographs. Num Pages: 376 pages, 259 line drawings, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KB; PS; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
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
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
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226668123
SKU
V9780226668123
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