Insights from historical geography to ecology and conservation: Lessons from the New England landscape

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 1269-1275

  Foster, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Cultural landscape; Environmental history; Geography; Land management; Land planning; Land use history; Natural disturbance; New England

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036816482     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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