After the Ice Age - The Return of Life to Glaciated North America

Info autore

E. C. Pielou, a former professor of mathematical ecology and Killam Professor at Dalhousie University, has been a naturalist all her life. She is the author of many books, most recently Fresh Water, A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic, and After the Ice Age, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: E C Pielou, E. C. Pielou, E. C. (Dalhousie University Pielou
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.1992
• EAN: 9780226668123
• ISBN: 978-0-226-66812-3
• Pagine: 376
• Dimensioni: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Peso: 567 g
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Paleontologia; North America, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Paleontology, Biology, life sciences, North America (USA and Canada), Palaeontology