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Agrarian landscapes in transition : comparisons of long-term ecological and cultural change / edited by Charles L. Redman and David R. Foster

Secondary Author Redman, Charles L
Foster, David R., 1954- Publication Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008 Description 1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations. Series Long-term ecological research network series ISBN 019970984X
9780199709847
1281529419
9781281529411

Contents note Changing agrarian landscapes across America : a comparative perspective / Kenneth M. Sylvester and Myron P. Gutmann -- New England's forest landscape : ecological legacies and conservation patterns shaped by agrarian history / David R. Foster [and others] -- Agricultural transformation of southern Appalachia / Ted L. Gragson, Paul V. Bolstad, and Meredith Welch-Devine -- Dustbowl legacies : long-term change and resilience in the shortgrass steppe / Kenneth M. Sylvester and Myron P. Gutmann -- Th Abstract Agrarian Landscapes in Transition researches human interaction with the earth. With hundreds of acres of agricultural land going out of production every day, the introduction, spread, and abandonment of agriculture represents the most pervasive alteration of the Earth's environment for several thousand years. What happens when humans impose their spatial and temporal signatures on ecological regimes, and how does this manipulation affect the earth and nature's desire for equilibrium?. Studie Collection Edition in different support Agrarian landscapes in transition. Topical name Agricultural ecology - United States
Land use - United States
Agricultural ecology
Nature - Natural Resources
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Environmental Economics
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Green Business
Agricultural ecology
Land use
Electronic books Geographical name Agricultural ecology - United States CBC S441 Online Resources Click here to access online

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Changing agrarian landscapes across America : a comparative perspective / Kenneth M. Sylvester and Myron P. Gutmann -- New England's forest landscape : ecological legacies and conservation patterns shaped by agrarian history / David R. Foster [and others] -- Agricultural transformation of southern Appalachia / Ted L. Gragson, Paul V. Bolstad, and Meredith Welch-Devine -- Dustbowl legacies : long-term change and resilience in the shortgrass steppe / Kenneth M. Sylvester and Myron P. Gutmann -- Th

Agrarian Landscapes in Transition researches human interaction with the earth. With hundreds of acres of agricultural land going out of production every day, the introduction, spread, and abandonment of agriculture represents the most pervasive alteration of the Earth's environment for several thousand years. What happens when humans impose their spatial and temporal signatures on ecological regimes, and how does this manipulation affect the earth and nature's desire for equilibrium?. Studie