Environmental change in Garry oak (Quercus garryana) ecosystems: The evolution of an eco-cultural landscape

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2053-2067

  Pellatt, Marlow G ^a,b   Gedalof, Ze'ev ^c  

^a PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Eco cultural landscapes; Ecological restoration; Environmental change; Fire history; Garry oak; Indigenous people land practices; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; QUERCUS GARRYANA;

EID: 84903176345     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0703-9     Document Type: Article

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