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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
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LibraryThing member TheDancingGoats
Ever wonder how the forests spread after the glaciers melted? What was here then and what came after?
The scattered refugiums that were the home of the relict populations of hardwoods and creatures…It happened
over and over. This is a book that is a key. The doors it opens are wondrous…
The scattered refugiums that were the home of the relict populations of hardwoods and creatures…It happened
over and over. This is a book that is a key. The doors it opens are wondrous…
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1991