Post-Glacial Vegetational of Canada. 2003. Illustr. 192 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

All the available information about the complexhistory of vegetational and environmental change in Canada since thelast ice age is brought together here for the first time. About 15.000years ago, almost all of Canada was buried by glaciers. As the landsbegan to emerge from under the ice, they provided a huge and variedsetting for the re-establishment of the highly diverse plant cover thatfinally comprised the modern rain forests, prairies, boreal woodlandsand tundras. This book examines the roles of climatic change, wildfires,diseases, and biological factors in controlling the emerging patternsof new plant growth. The initial chapters present a balanced review ofthe modern bioclimates and vegetation of Canada as an appropriateintroduction to the historical record. A review of the present pollenregistration and the autecology of the important plant taxa is includedthrough examination of the fossil record as derived primarily frompollen evidence.