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BL
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988568
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b742938
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Agrarian landscapes in transition : : comparisons of long-term ecological and cultural change /\ edited by Charles L. Redman and David R. Foster.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2008.
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Long-term ecological research network series
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1 online resource (282 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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019970984X
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: 1281529419
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: 6611529411
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: 9780199709847
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: 9781281529411
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: 9786611529413
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0195367960
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9780195367966
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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Agrarian Landscapes in Transition researches human interaction with the earth. With hundreds of acres of agricultural land going out of production every day, the introduction, spread, and abandonment of agriculture represents the most pervasive alteration of the Earth's environment for several thousand years. What happens when humans impose their spatial and temporal signatures on ecological regimes, and how does this manipulation affect the earth and nature's desire for equilibrium?. Studies were conducted at six Long Term Ecological Research sites within the US, including New England, the Ap.
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Agricultural ecology-- United States.
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Land use-- United States.
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Agricultural ecology.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Green Business.
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Land use.
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NATURE-- Natural Resources.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.760973
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S441.A327 2008eb
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Foster, David R.,1954-
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Redman, Charles L.
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