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Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology Studies in the Neotropical Lowlands

By: W Balee and Clark L Erickson
417 pages, Figs, tabs
Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology
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  • Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology ISBN: 9780231135627 Hardback May 2006 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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An important contribution to the emerging field of historical ecology, this volume illuminates the ways in which the landscape reflects human history and culture. The collection combines cutting edge research with new perspectives on the effects of human societies on the neotropical lowlands of South and Central America. The contributors show that rather than adapting to preexisting environmental constraints, as has been traditionally assumed, local peoples have changed the landscape to fit their needs. They have altered their environment by managing and modifying species diversity, enhancing landscape heterogeneity, and controlling ecological disturbance.
"Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology" includes essays from anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, and biologists. The contributors examine changes in the landscapes of the Ecuadorian Andes, Amazonia, the desert coast of Peru, and other milieus in the neotropics. The book also addresses important contemporary issues, such as biodiversity and genetic variation and change.

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William L. Balee is professor of anthropology at Tulane University. He is the author of Footprints of the Forest: Ka'apor Ethnobotany - the Historical Ecology of Plant Utilization by an Amazonian People (Columbia, 1999) and the editor of Advances in Historical Ecology (Columbia, 1998). CLARK L. ERICKSON is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.
By: W Balee and Clark L Erickson
417 pages, Figs, tabs
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A welcome addition. -- Emilio F. Moran, Quarterly Review of Biology
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