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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
Delcourt, Delcourt
Fire suppression in the southern Appalachians is widely considered responsible for decreased regeneration in oak (Quercus) and fire-adapted species such as table mountain pine (Pinus rigida) and pitch pine (Pinus pungens) (Barden & Woods 1976;…
Type: Document
Year: 1997
Lentz, Gaunt, Willmer
This report presents the Phase I results of a joint project between the Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS) of the Museum of New Mexico and the USDA Forest Service (USFS). The objectives of this study were to: 1) Determine whether cultural…
Type: Document
Year: 1996
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
Biswell
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Type: Document
Year: 1989
Patterson, Sassaman
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Type: Document
Year: 1988
Kauffman, Martin
Numerous studies, historical accounts and archaeological evidence suggest that the historical density and abundance of black oak (Quercus kelloggii Newb.) in mixed conifer forests was much greater than today. Reasons for the decline of this species…
Type: Document
Year: 1987
Keith
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Type: Document
Year: 1980