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Human or Natural Disturbance: Landscape-Scale Dynamics of the Tropical Forests of Puerto Rico
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1999)
Increasingly, ecologists are recognizing that human disturbance has played an important role in tropical forest history and that many assumptions concerning the relative importance of natural processes warrant re-examination. ...
Long-Term Vegetation Dynamics and Disturbance History of a Tsuga-Dominated Forest in New England
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1993)
The post—glacial history of two adjacent sites in the Harvard Forest, a 10—ha swamp (Black Gum Swamp) and a 0.006—ha hollow (Hemlock Hollow) in a Tsuga canadensis forest were investigated using pollen analysis. The sites ...
Controlling Site to Evaluate History: Vegetation Patterns of a New England Sand Plain
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1996)
The widespread and long-lasting impact of human activity on natural ecosystems indicates that land-use history must he treated as an integral aspect of ecological study and a critical component of conservation planning. ...