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As Earth's testimonies tell': wilderness conservation in a changing world

Gillson, Willis
Too often, wilderness conservation ignores a temporal perspective greater than the past 50 years, yet a long-term perspective (centuries to millennia) reveals the dynamic nature of many ecosystems. Analysis of fossil pollen, charcoal and stable…
Type: Document
Year: 2004

Earliest signs of human-controlled fire uncovered in Israel

Balter
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Type: Document
Year: 2004

Evidence of hominin control of fire at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel

Goren-Inbar, Alperson, Kislev, Simchoni, Melamed, BenNun, Werker
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Type: Document
Year: 2004

Old-growth wooded pasture in the Ozarks

Jutnry, Stahle
Forests in the Ozarks are ancient: the dominance and density of their various arboreal and herbaceous species have fluctuated over time in relation to climatic change and cultural influences. This study examines the nature of the pre-European forest…
Type: Document
Year: 2004

Permanent vs. shifting cultivation in the eastern woodlands of North America prior to European contact

Doolittle
Native food production in the Eastern Woodlands of North America before, and at the time of, European contact has been described by several writers as 'slash-and-burn agriculture,' 'shifting cultivation,' amd even 'swidden.' Select quotes from…
Type: Document
Year: 2004

Subalpine vegetation dynamics in the southern French Alps during the Holocene: evidence from plant imprints and charcoal preserved in travertine sequences

Ali, Roiron, Guendon, Terral
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Type: Document
Year: 2004

The evolution of the cultural Mediterranean landscape in Israel as affected by fire, grazing, and human activities

Naveh, Carmel
The early evolution of the cultural Mediterranean landscape in Israel, with special reference to Mt. Carmel, is described with a holistic landscape-ecological systems approach as the coevolution of the paleolithic food gatherer-hunter and his…
Type: Document
Year: 2004

Using forest management techniques to alter forest fuels and reduce wildfire size: an exploratory analysis

Hirsch, Kafka, Todd
During the next few decades, a considerable portion of the productive boreal forest in Canada will be harvested and there is an excellent opportunity to use forest management activities (e.g., harvesting, regeneration, stand tending) to alter the…
Type: Document
Year: 2004

A model for prehistoric economies of the yellowstone plateau during the Altithermal

Cannon
One of the more debated issues in western North American prehistory is the effect of postglacial maximum warmth and aridity on hunter-gatherer groups. Antevs (1955) described the 'Long Drought,' or Altithermal, as a period of warmer than present…
Type: Document
Year: 1996

Elk response to the La Mesa Fire and current status in the Jemez Mountains

Allen
Faunal remains in local archeological sites and historic information suggest that elk populations in the Jemez Mountains were low from ca. 1200 A.D. through ca. 1900 A.D., when they were extirpated from this region. Elk were reintroduced to the…
Type: Document
Year: 1996