Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas R. Vale

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2/0978
• Soggetto topico: 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.)
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) Environmental conditions History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ValeThomas R. <1943->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape
• ISBN: 1-59726-602-7; 1-4175-9578-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450633303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II