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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

Conservation and stewardship of tree-ring resources: living trees and subfossil wood

Van Pelt, Swetnam
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Type: Document
Year: 1990

Effects of fire on cultural resources

Lissoway, Propper
Over the past 10 years considerable information has been gathered on the effects of fire and fire suppression activities on cultural resources in the Southwest. A review of this information is presented and recommendations are offered on how damage…
Type: Document
Year: 1990

The enduring resource of wilderness

Fege, Corrigall
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Type: Document
Year: 1990

Archaeological evidence on the diffusion and evolution of maize in northeastern Mexico

Mangelsdorf, MacNeish, Galinat
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Type: Document
Year: 1956

Archaeological evidence on the evolution of maize in northwestern Mexico

Mangelsdorf, Lister
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Type: Document
Year: 1956

Estimates of teosinte introgression in archaeological maize

Galinat, Mangelsdorf, Pierson
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Type: Document
Year: 1956

Fire as the first great force employed by man

Stewart
From the text...'The unrestricted burning of vegetation appears to be a universal culture trait among historic primitive peoples and therefore was probably employed by our remote ancestors. Archeology indicates that extensive areas of the Old and…
Type: Document
Year: 1956