Defining the spatial patterns of historical land use associated with the indigenous societies of eastern North America

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2195-2210

  Munoz, Samuel E ^a   Mladenoff, David J ^a   Schroeder, Sissel ^a   Williams, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Woodlands; Historical ecology; Land use history; Native American; North America; Palaeoecology; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; PREHISTORIC; SILVICULTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE FOREST; VEGETATION HISTORY; WOODLAND;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84939271223     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12386     Document Type: Article

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