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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824743603321

Titolo

Agrarian landscapes in transition : comparisons of long-term ecological and cultural change / / edited by Charles L. Redman, David R. Foster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press

[Albuquerque, NM], : LTER, 2008

ISBN

0-19-045129-7

0-19-770014-4

1-281-52941-9

9786611529413

0-19-970984-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Collana

Long-Term Ecological Research Network series

Altri autori (Persone)

RedmanCharles L

FosterDavid R. <1954->

Disciplina

333.76

Soggetti

Agricultural ecology - United States

Land use - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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  [and others] -- 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  [and others] -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

This work addresses how human activities influence the spatial and



temporal structures of agrarian landscapes, and how this varies over time and across biogeographic regions. It also looks at the ecological and environmental consequences of the resulting structural changes and the human responses to these changes.