Paul A. Delcourt, Hazel R. Delcourt

Prehistoric Native Americans and Ecological Change

Human Ecosystems in Eastern North America Since the Pleistocene

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Demonstrates the importance of prehistoric human activities in the ecology of eastern North America, and its implications for conservation today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780521050760
• ISBN-10: 0521050766
• Artikelnr.: 23364103

Autorenporträt

Paul A. Delcourt is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Part I. Panarchy as an Integrative Paradigm: Overview
1. The need for a new synthesis
2. Panarchy theory and Quaternary ecosystems
3. Holocene human ecosystems
Part II. Ecological Feedbacks and Processes: Overview
4. Gene-level interactions
5. Population-level interactions
6. Community-level interactions
7. Landscape-level interactions
8. Regional-level interactions
Part III. Application and Synthesis: Overview
9. The ecological legacy of prehistoric Native Americans
References
Index.