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Early forest clearance and environmental degradation in south-west Uganda

Hamilton, Taylor, Vogel
Evidence for early agriculture can be obtained from pollen profiles indicating forest clearance1. The practice of cultivation is widely believed to have been introduced into the interlacustrine region of central Africa by Bantu-speaking iron-…
Type: Document
Year: 1986

Prehistoric land-use and the distribution of longleaf pine on the Ocala National Forest, Florida: an interdisciplinary synthesis

Kalisz, Dorian, Stone
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Type: Document
Year: 1986

Archeological considerations for park and wilderness fire management planning

Anderson
Land managers are becoming increasingly aware that cultural resources are a fragile and nonrenewable part of the environment that must be protected. Legislation has been enacted at the Federal and State levels to protect these resources. There is…
Type: Document
Year: 1985

Protection of archaeological sites and special areas during prescribed burning

Roberts
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Type: Document
Year: 1985

Archeological and historical basis for forest succession in eastern North America

Buckner
The meaning of 'natural' as a guideline for managing public forests is questioned. Evidence of a rapidly shifting flora over eastern North America in recent geologic time is presented along with historical evidence of the open character of the…
Type: Document
Year: 1983

Man-land interaction: 10,000 years of American Indian impact on native ecosystems in the lower Little Tennessee River Valley, eastern Tennessee

Chapman, Delcourt, Cridlebaugh, Shea, Delcourt
Stratified archaeological deposits from the Little Tennessee River watershed have yielded a 10,000-year record of vegetational cahnge reflecting both geomorphic events and the utilization of plant resources by American Indians. Changes in…
Type: Document
Year: 1982

The Bandelier blowup

Armistead
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Type: Document
Year: 1981

Presettlement barrens of Harrison and Washington Counties, Indiana

Keith
[no description entered]
Type: Document
Year: 1980

Environmental analysis of the proposed Blue Ridge Parkway Extension from Oconaluftee to Deep Creek Campground

[no description entered]
Type: Document
Year: 1976

Tree Rings and Climate

Fritts
[Description from Elsevier website] Tree Rings and Climate deals with the principles of dendrochronology, with emphasis on tree-ring studies involving climate-related problems. This book looks at the spatial and temporal variations in tree-ring…
Type: Document
Year: 1976