Post-Glacial Vegetation of Canada

Brings together all available information about the complex history of vegetational and environmental change in Canada since the last ice age. The author examines the roles of climatic change, wildfires, diseases, and biological factors in controlling the emerging patterns of new plant growth. The initial chapters present a balanced review of the modern bioclimates and vegetation of Canada as an appropriate introduction to the historical record. A review of the present pollen registration and the autecology of the important plant taxa is included through examination of the fossil record as derived primarily from pollen evidence.