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UNINA9910812898303321 |
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Titolo |
Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas R. Vale |
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Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-59726-602-7 |
1-4175-9578-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (324 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nature - Effect of human beings on - West (U.S.) |
Indians of North America - West (U.S.) - Social life and customs |
Landscapes - West (U.S.) |
Fire ecology - West (U.S.) |
West (U.S.) Environmental conditions History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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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The pre-European landscape of the United States : pristine or humanized? / Thomas R. Vale -- Indians and fire in the Rocky Mountains : the wilderness hypothesis renewed / William L. Baker -- Prehistoric human impacts on fire regimes and vegetation in the northern intermountain West / Duane Griffin -- Fire in the pre-European lowlands of the American Southwest / Kathleen C. Parker -- Lots of lightning and plenty of people : an ecological history of fire in the upland Southwest / Craig D. Allen -- Prehistoric burning in the Pacific Northwest : human versus climatic influences / Cathy Whitlock and Margaret A. Knox -- Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests : evaluating the ecological impact of burning by Native Americans / Albert J. Parker -- Pre-European fire in California chaparral / Jacob Bendix -- Reflections / Thomas R. Vale. |
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