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UNINA9910780189103321 |
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Titolo |
Discovering the Chesapeake [[electronic resource] ] : the history of an ecosystem / / edited by Philip D. Curtin, Grace S. Brush, and George W. Fisher |
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Baltimore, Md. ; ; London, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CurtinPhilip D |
BrushGrace S (Grace Somers) |
FisherGeorge Wescott <1937-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human ecology - Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) |
Natural history - Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: The Chesapeake Ecosystem: Its Geologic Heritage""; ""Chapter Two: Climate and Climate History in the Chesapeake Bay Region""; ""Chapter Three: Forests before and after the Colonial Encounter""; ""Chapter Four: Human Influences on the Physical Characteristics of the Chesapeake Bay""; ""Chapter Five: ALong-TermHistory of Terrestrial Birds and Mammals in the Chesapeake-Susquehanna Watershed"" |
""Chapter Six: Living along the “Great Shellfish Bay�: The Relationship between Prehistoric Peoples and the Chesapeake""""Chapter Seven: Human Biology of Populations in the ChesapeakeWatershed""; ""Chapter Eight: AUseful Arcadia: European Colonists as Biotic Factors in Chesapeake Forests""; ""Chapter Nine: Reconstructing the Colonial Environment of the Upper ChesapeakeWatershed""; ""Chapter Ten: Human Influences on Aquatic Resources in the Chesapeake BayWatershed""; ""Chapter Eleven: Land Use, Settlement Patterns, and the Impact of European Agriculture, 1620-1820"" |
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""Chapter Twelve: Chesapeake Gardens and Botanical Frontiers""""Chapter Thirteen: Genteel Erosion The Ecological Consequences of Agrarian Reform in the Chesapeake, 1730-1840""; ""Chapter Fourteen: Farming,Disease, and Change in the Chesapeake Ecosystem""; ""Chapter Fifteen: Bird Populations of the Chesapeake Bay Region: 350 Years of Change""; ""Commentary: Reading the Palimpsest""; ""Index"" |
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