Title: Advances in historical ecology
Description: Bridging the divide between social and natural sciences, the contributors to this book use a holistic perspective to explore the relationships between humans and their environment. Exploring short- and long-term local and global change, eighteen specialists in anthropology, geography, history, ethnobiology, and related disciplines present new perspectives on historical ecology.
Subjects: Environmental degradation, Landscape assessment, Nature, Effect of human beings on, Landscape changes, Human ecology, Biotic communities, History, Nature, effect of human beings on