Main Title |
Agrarian landscapes in transition : comparisons of long-term ecological and cultural change / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Oxford University Press ; LTER, |
Year Published |
2008 |
OCLC Number |
175286345 |
ISBN |
9780195367966; 0195367960 |
Subjects |
Agricultural ecology--United States ;
Land use--United States ;
Landbau ;
Landschaftsentwicklung ;
Landwirtschaft ;
USA ;
Ekologiskt lantbruk--historia--Fèorenta staterna ;
Landskap--historia--Fèorenta staterna
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM |
S441.A327 2008 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
11/21/2017 |
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Collation |
xiii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
Changing agrarian landscapes across America : a comparative perspective / Kenneth M. Sylvester and Myron P. Gutmann -- New England's forest landscape : ecological legacies and conservation patterns shaped by agrarian history / David R. Foster [and others] -- Agricultural transformation of southern Appalachia / Ted L. Gragson, Paul V. Bolstad, and Meredith Welch-Devine -- Dustbowl legacies : long-term change and resilience in the shortgrass steppe / Kenneth M. Sylvester and Myron P. Gutmann -- The political ecology of southwest Michigan agriculture, 1837-2000 / Alan P. Rudy [and others] -- Agrarian landscape transition in the Flint Hills of Kansas : legacies and resilience / Gerad Middendorf, Derrick Cline, and Leonard Bloomquist -- Water can flow uphill : a narrative of central Arizona / Charles L. Redman and Ann P. Kinzig. "The introduction, spread, and abandonment of agriculture represents the most pervasive alteration of the earth's environment in recorded history. This volume sheds light on what happens when humans impose their spatial and temporal signatures on ecological regimes through agricultural practices."--BOOK JACKET. |