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Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape [electronic resource] / edited by Thomas R. Vale.

Contributor(s): Vale, Thomas R, 1943- | ebrary, Inc.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2002Description: xv, 315 p. : ill., maps.Subject(s): Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- West (U.S.) | Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs | Landscapes -- West (U.S.) | Fire ecology -- West (U.S.) | West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 304.2/0978 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The pre-European landscape of the United States : pristine or humanized? / Thomas R. Vale -- Indians and fire in the Rocky Mountains : the wilderness hypothesis renewed / William L. Baker -- Prehistoric human impacts on fire regimes and vegetation in the northern intermountain West / Duane Griffin -- Fire in the pre-European lowlands of the American Southwest / Kathleen C. Parker -- Lots of lightning and plenty of people : an ecological history of fire in the upland Southwest / Craig D. Allen -- Prehistoric burning in the Pacific Northwest : human versus climatic influences / Cathy Whitlock and Margaret A. Knox -- Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests : evaluating the ecological impact of burning by Native Americans / Albert J. Parker -- Pre-European fire in California chaparral / Jacob Bendix -- Reflections / Thomas R. Vale.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The pre-European landscape of the United States : pristine or humanized? / Thomas R. Vale -- Indians and fire in the Rocky Mountains : the wilderness hypothesis renewed / William L. Baker -- Prehistoric human impacts on fire regimes and vegetation in the northern intermountain West / Duane Griffin -- Fire in the pre-European lowlands of the American Southwest / Kathleen C. Parker -- Lots of lightning and plenty of people : an ecological history of fire in the upland Southwest / Craig D. Allen -- Prehistoric burning in the Pacific Northwest : human versus climatic influences / Cathy Whitlock and Margaret A. Knox -- Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests : evaluating the ecological impact of burning by Native Americans / Albert J. Parker -- Pre-European fire in California chaparral / Jacob Bendix -- Reflections / Thomas R. Vale.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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