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Using a spatially explicit ecological model to test scenarios of fire use by Native Americans: an example from the Harlem Plains, New York, NY

Bean, Sanderson
It is unclear to what extent Native Americans in the pre-European forests of northeast North America used fire to manipulate their landscape. Conflicting historical and archaeological evidence has led authors to differing conclusions regarding the…
Type: Document
Year: 2008

Native American influences on the forest composition of the Allegheny Plateau, northwest Pennsylvania

Black, Ruffner, Abrams
We integrate witness tree distribution, Native American archaeological sites, and geological and topographic variables to investigate the relationships between Native American populations and pre-European settlement forest types on the Allegheny…
Type: Document
Year: 2006

Understanding the evidence for historical fire across eastern forests

Ruffner
Evidence for historical fire across the eastern deciduous biome spans several fields, including paleoecology, fire scar analysis, witness tree studies, historical documents and ethnographic sources. In this paper I provide an overview of many of…
Type: Document
Year: 2006

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

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

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

Grasslands, heathlands and shrublands in coastal New England: historical interpretations and approaches to conservation

Motzkin, Foster
Aim This study evaluates the long-term history of grassland, heathland and shrubland communities that are high priorities for conservation in the north-eastern US and support numerous globally rare species. Such an historical perspective is…
Type: Document
Year: 2002

Bibliography of fire effects on cultural resources

Rude, Jones
This bibliography is a by-product of a joint effort between the National Park Service and the USFS Fire Sciences Lab to produce a review of knowledge on fire effects on cultural resources. The bibliography does include some references on the…
Type: Document
Year: 2001

Historic distribution of mountain quail in the Pacific Northwest

Crawford
Mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus) are among the least studied of the North American quails. The prehistoric and early historic distributions of this bird are uncertain. In the Pacific Northwest, mountain quail were first recorded by Lewis and Clark…
Type: Document
Year: 2000

Ontario Ministry of natural resources south-central region bobwhite quail rehabilitation program [abstract]

Hunter, Ludolph
Archaeological and historical evidence on status of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) in southern Ontario prior to European settlement is not clear. The bird was documented on the Essex and Kent County prairies at the time of European…
Type: Document
Year: 2000