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Wilderness and political ecology : aboriginal influences and the original state of nature

Title: Wilderness and political ecology : aboriginal influences and the original state of nature / edited by Charles E. Kay and Randy T. Simmons.
Publication: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2002], ©2002.

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Description

xix, 342 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

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Contents

Preface / Charles E. Kay and Randy T. Simmons -- 1. Prehistoric Extinctions: In the Shadow of Man / Paul S. Martin -- 2. Evolutionary Theory, Conservation, and Human Environmental Impact / Michael S. Alvard -- 3. Pre-Columbian Human Impact on California Vertebrates: Evidence from Old Bones and Implications for Wilderness Policy / Jack M. Broughton -- 4. Depletion of Prehistoric Pinniped Populations along the California and Oregon Coasts: Were Humans the Cause? / William R. Hildebrandt and Terry L. Jones -- 5. Post-Columbian Wildlife Irruptions in California: Implications for Cultural and Environmental Understanding / William L. Preston -- 6. The Role of Prehistoric Peoples in Shaping Ecosystems in the Eastern United States: Implications for Restoration Ecology and Wilderness Management / Thomas W. Neumann -- 7. Aboriginal Use of Fire: Are There Any "Natural" Plant Communities? / Gerald W. Williams --
8. Are Ecosystems Structured from the Top-Down or Bottom-Up? A New Look at an Old Debate / Charles E. Kay -- 9. Afterword: False Gods, Ecological Myths, and Biological Reality / Charles E. Kay.

ISBN

0874807190 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002005965

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Columbia University Libraries