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Agrarian landscapes in transition : comparisons of long-term ecological and cultural change / edited by Charles L. Redman, David R. Foster.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Long-Term Ecological Research Network series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural ecology--United States.
- Agricultural ecology.
- United States.
- Land use--United States.
- Land use.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press ; [Albuquerque, NM] : LTER, 2008.
- Summary:
- The introduction, spread, and abandonment of agriculture represents the most pervasive alteration of the earth's environment in recorded history. This volume, drawing on research conducted at six U.S. Long-Term Ecological Research sites, sheds light on what happens when humans impose their spatial and temporal signatures on ecological regimes through agricultural practices. It reveals how this manipulation affects the earth's self-regulating systems, and how humans respond in turn. Although each research site has its own unique agricultural history, patterns emerge that help us understand the impact of our actions on the earth, and how the earth pushes back.
- Contents:
- Changing agrarian landscapes across America : a comparative perspective / Kenneth M. Sylvester and Myron P. Gutmann
- New England's forest landscape : ecological legacies and conservation patterns shaped by agrarian history / David R. Foster ... [et al.]
- Agricultural transformation of southern Appalachia / Ted L. Gragson, Paul V. Bolstad, and Meredith Welch-Devine
- Dustbowl legacies : long-term change and resilience in the shortgrass steppe / Kenneth M. Sylvester and Myron P. Gutmann
- The political ecology of southwest Michigan agriculture, 1837-2000 / Alan P. Rudy ... [et al.]
- Agrarian landscape transition in the flint hills of Kansas : legacies and resilience / Gerad Middendorf, Derrick Cline, and Leonard Bloomquist
- Water can flow uphill : a narrative of central Arizona / Charles L. Redman and Ann P. Kinzig.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195367966
- 0195367960
- OCLC:
- 175286345
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