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People and the land through time : linking ecology and history / Emily W.B. (Russell) Southgate.
LIBRA GF41 .R87 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Southgate, Emily W. B. (Emily Wyndham Barnett), 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human ecology.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- Part I Questions and Clues p. 1
- 1 History Hidden in the Landscape p. 3
- 2 Historical Records and Collections p. 18
- 3 Field Studies: Bringing Historical Records Down to Earth p. 34
- 4 The Sedimentary Record p. 48
- Part II The Diversity of Human Interactions with the Natural World p. 61
- 5 Fire: Mimicking Nature p. 63
- 6 Extending Species' Ranges p. 83
- 7 Harvesting Natural Resources p. 104
- 8 Agriculture and Its Residual Effects p. 126
- 9 Patterns of Human Settlement and Industrialization p. 150
- Part III Contributions of Historical Ecology to Understanding Ecological Issues p. 173
- 10 Diversity and Species Extinctions p. 175
- 11 Biospheric Sustainability in a Changing World p. 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-297) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300225808
- 0300225806
- OCLC:
- 1112346342
- Publisher Number:
- 99981835033
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