Transformation of a landscape in the upper mid-west, USA: The history of the lower St. Croix river valley, 1830 to present

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 247-267

  Andersen, Osh ^a,b   Crow, Thomas R ^b   Lietz, Sue M ^b   Stearns, Forest ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical ecology; Land use; Landscape history; Minnesota; St. Croix River; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0030238464     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(96)00304-0     Document Type: Article

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