Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Nide 3Routledge, 2005 - 2278 sivua "The Encyclopedia of the Arctic offers a rich and dynamic view of, and introduction to, an enormous, incredibly diverse, and rapidly changing part of the world. Its three volumes comprise overviews of hundreds of topics, events, places, people, human cultures, animals, and environments, ranging from geological history, exploration, the cultures and livelihoods of indigenous peoples, geopolitics, international environmental cooperation, natural history, physical processes, life sciences, and environmental change."--Page xxxix. |
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... Pleistocene and today . For example , the Pleistocene steppe fauna of Alaska contained up to 95 % grazing animals such as bison , horse , and megafauna ( e.g. , mammoth ) in a region today characterized by tundra vegetation . Large ...
... Pleistocene and today . For example , the Pleistocene steppe fauna of Alaska contained up to 95 % grazing animals such as bison , horse , and megafauna ( e.g. , mammoth ) in a region today characterized by tundra vegetation . Large ...
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... Pleistocene - Holocene , Budapest : Geographical Research Institute , Hungarian Academy of Science , 1992 Manley ... Pleistocene ( " Ice Age ” ) and the Holocene ( present warm interval ) epochs , with the Pleistocene spanning most of ...
... Pleistocene - Holocene , Budapest : Geographical Research Institute , Hungarian Academy of Science , 1992 Manley ... Pleistocene ( " Ice Age ” ) and the Holocene ( present warm interval ) epochs , with the Pleistocene spanning most of ...
Sivu 1722
... Pleistocene . The last mammoths , lingering on the Siberian islands , became extinct 4000 years ago . Other mammals that evolved during the Pleistocene , like the caribou , the muskox , and the polar bear , continue to be an important ...
... Pleistocene . The last mammoths , lingering on the Siberian islands , became extinct 4000 years ago . Other mammals that evolved during the Pleistocene , like the caribou , the muskox , and the polar bear , continue to be an important ...
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Thematic List of Entries xxiii | 1556 |
Map of Arctic Populations xliii | 1633 |
Map of Arctic Indigenous Peoples xliv | 2158 |
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