Aim This study evaluates the long-term history of grassland, heathland and shrubland communities that are high priorities for conservation in the north-eastern US and support numerous globally rare species. Such an historical perspective is necessary...
Fire and Archaeology
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Grasslands, heathlands and shrublands in coastal New England: historical interpretations and approaches to conservation
Person: Motzkin, Foster
From the text...'The unrestricted burning of vegetation appears to be a universal culture trait among historic primitive peoples and therefore was probably employed by our remote ancestors. Archeology indicates that extensive areas of the Old and...
Person: Thomas, Stewart