LEADER 03180nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910454092403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-52941-9 010 $a9786611529413 010 $a0-19-970984-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000537192 035 $a(EBL)415066 035 $a(OCoLC)437092139 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000100448 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11127599 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100448 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10021068 035 $a(PQKB)10503874 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415066 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415066 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10254386 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL152941 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000537192 100 $a20071016d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auruz|---auuu| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rda media 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAgrarian landscapes in transition$b[electronic resource] $ecomparisons of long-term ecological and cultural change /$fedited by Charles L. Redman, David R. Foster 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press ;$a[Albuquerque, NM] $cLTER$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (297 pages) 225 1 $aLong-Term Ecological Research Network series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-536796-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; About the Contributors; Introduction; 1 Changing Agrarian Landscapes across America: A Comparative Perspective; 2 New England's Forest Landscape: Ecological Legacies and Conservation Patterns Shaped by Agrarian History; 3 Agricultural Transformation of Southern Appalachia; 4 Dustbowl Legacies: Long-Term Change and Resilience in the Shortgrass Steppe; 5 The Political Ecology of Southwest Michigan Agriculture, 1837-2000; 6 Agrarian Landscape Transition in the Flint Hills of Kansas: Legacies and Resilience; 7 Water Can Flow Uphill: A Narrative of Central Arizona; Conclusion; Index 330 $aAgrarian Landscapes in Transition researches human interaction with the earth. With hundreds of acres of agricultural land going out of production every day, the introduction, spread, and abandonment of agriculture represents the most pervasive alteration of the Earth's environment for several thousand years. What happens when humans impose their spatial and temporal signatures on ecological regimes, and how does this manipulation affect the earth and nature's desire for equilibrium?. Studies were conducted at six Long Term Ecological Research sites within the US, including New England, the Ap 410 0$aLong-Term Ecological Research Network series. 606 $aAgricultural ecology$zUnited States 606 $aLand use$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAgricultural ecology 615 0$aLand use 676 $a333.76 701 $aRedman$b Charles L$0208682 701 $aFoster$b David R.$f1954-$0883892 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454092403321 996 $aAgrarian landscapes in transition$92079762 997 $aUNINA