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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
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
Craddock
Although firesetting is well recognized as one of the most ancient mining techniques for breaking up rocks, surprising little is known about the way in which it was practised. This article reviews not only the archaeological and historical evidence…
Type: Document
Year: 1992
Finney, Martin
Fire intervals were derived from analysis of fire scars on samples taken from 14 redwood (Sequoia sempervirens D. Don (Endl.)) stumps throughout Annadel State Park, California. Samples were obtained from small redwood groves that are isolated within…
Type: Document
Year: 1992
Denevan
The myth persists that in 1492 the Americas were a sparsely populated wilderness, 'a world of barely perceptible human disturbance.' There is substantial evidence, however, that the Native American landscape of the early sixteenth century was a…
Type: Document
Year: 1992