| After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America Contributor(s): Pielou, E. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226668126 ISBN-13: 9780226668123 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1992 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Paleontology |
| Dewey: 560.178 |
| LCCN: 90011024 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.03" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Prehistoric |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |