Native Americans as active and passive promoters of mast and fruit trees in the eastern USA

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1123-1137

  Abrams, Marc D ^a   Nowacki, Gregory J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Fire; Fruit trees; Hickory; Holocene; Indian diet; Land use history; Mast; Oak

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CARBOHYDRATE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FAT; FRUIT; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MASTING; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PRAIRIE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CASTANEA; JUGLANS; POACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 60049092064     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608095581     Document Type: Review

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