TY - BOOK AU - Pielou,E.C. TI - After the Ice Age: the return of life to glaciated North America SN - 0226668096 (electronic bk.) AV - QE721.2.P24 P54 1991eb U1 - 560/.1/78 20 PY - 1991/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Paleobiogeography KW - North America KW - Paleontology KW - Holocene KW - Glacial epoch KW - Paleoecology KW - Paléobiogéographie KW - Amérique du Nord KW - Paléontologie KW - Holocène KW - Époque glaciaire KW - Paléoécologie KW - NATURE KW - Fossils KW - bisacsh KW - Animals KW - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures KW - SCIENCE KW - პალეონტოლოგია KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=42114 ER -