Cultural, environmental and historical controls of vegetation patterns and the modern conservation setting on the island of Martha's Vineyard, USA

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 1381-1400

  Foster, David R ^a   Hall, Brian ^a   Barry, Sylvia ^a   Clayden, Susan ^a   Parshall, Tim ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kellogg Biological Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cultural landscape; Fire; Grassland; Land use history; Natural disturbance; New England; Oak; Pine

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; FIRE HISTORY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GADUS MORHUA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0036816852     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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