Using a spatially explicit ecological model to test scenarios of fire use by Native Americans: An example from the Harlem Plains, New York, NY

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 301-308

  Bean, William T ^a   Sanderson, Eric W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

FARSITE; Fire; Grasslands; Historical ecology; Human disturbance; Lenni Lenape; Northeastern United States; Post fire mortality; Pre colonial vegetation; Succession

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HUMAN DISTURBANCE; LENNI LENAPE; POST-FIRE MORTALITY; PRE-COLONIAL VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE HISTORY; GRASSLAND; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SUCCESSION;

ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HARLEM; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349181841     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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