Prehistoric Native Americans and Ecological Change - Human Ecosystems in Eastern North America Since the Pleistocene

Informationen zum Autor Paul A. Delcourt is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Hazel R. Delcourt is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Zusammenfassung Prehistoric Native Americans and Ecological Change demonstrates the importance of prehistoric human activities in the ecology of eastern North America! and as such has important implications for conservation biology! forest management and ecological restoration today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Part I. Panarchy as an Integrative Paradigm: Overview; 1. The need for a new synthesis; 2. Panarchy theory and Quaternary ecosystems; 3. Holocene human ecosystems; Part II. Ecological Feedbacks and Processes: Overview; 4. Gene-level interactions; 5. Population-level interactions; 6. Community-level interactions; 7. Landscape-level interactions; 8. Regional-level interactions; Part III. Application and Synthesis: Overview; 9. The ecological legacy of prehistoric Native Americans; References; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hazel R. Delcourt, Paul A. Delcourt, Paul A. (University of Tennessee Delcourt, Paul A. Delcourt Delcourt, Delcourt Hazel R., Delcourt Paul A., Delcourt Paul a.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.07.2004
• EAN: 9780521662703
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66270-3
• Pagine: 216
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Ecology (
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura e società: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, North America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Social impact of environmental issues, North America (USA and Canada)