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Tansley Review No. 101. The impact of Aboriginal landscape burning on the Australian biota

Bowman
One of the most complex and contentious issues in Australian ecology concerns the environmental impact of Aboriginal landscape burning. This issue is not only important for the development of a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics and…
Type: Document
Year: 1998

Vegetation composition, structure, and chronological change in a decadent midwestern North American savanna remnant

Bowles, McBride
Fire-maintained oak savannas on silt-loam soils essentially disappeared from midwestern North America soon after European settlement because of fire suppression and agriculture. As a result, there are no precise models for restoring this vegetation…
Type: Document
Year: 1998

Archeological and historical basis for forest succession in eastern North America

Buckner
The meaning of 'natural' as a guideline for managing public forests is questioned. Evidence of a rapidly shifting flora over eastern North America in recent geologic time is presented along with historical evidence of the open character of the…
Type: Document
Year: 1983

Archaeological and recent evidence for expansion of moose range in northern Alaska

Hall
Description not entered.
Type: Document
Year: 1973

Fire ecology in Shenandoah National Park

Wilhelm
From the Conclusions ... 'Prior to becoming a national park, Shenandoah had gone through periods of indiscriminate logging, hunting, livestock grazing, and burning. Then the area entered the National Park System and shifted abruptly to a regime of…
Type: Document
Year: 1973