Impact of Human Activity on Regional Forest Composition and Dynamics in Central New England
- HF-ID: HF1997-13
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Fuller, J.L., Foster, D.R., McLachlan, Jason S., Drake, N.
- Date: 1997 to 1998
- Location: Central New England
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- Manuscript drafts, correspondence, published document.
- NOTE: During the 2017 Archive Renovations mice damaged the file folder. NO DATA WAS LOST OR DAMAGED. The file folder was replaced.
- . 1 File Folder. Various.
- Keywords: conservation, disturbance, fires, land use, soil, paleoecology, pollen
- Abstract:
- Historical and ecological data from north-central Massachusetts suggest that widespread and intensive human disturbance after European settlement led to a shift in forest composition and obscured regional patterns of species abundance. A paleoecological approach was required to place recent forest dynamics in a long-term context.
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- Archives Location: Middle Room, stack 11, drawer 5
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