Altered Ecologies, Fire; climate and human influence on terrestrial landscapes

Year

2010

Publisher

ANU Press

Type

BOOK

Description

Like a star chart this volume orientates the reader to the key issues and debates in Pacific and Australasian biogeography, palaeoecology and human ecology. A feature of this collection is the diversity of approaches ranging from interpretation of the biogeographic significance of plant and animal distributional patterns, pollen analysis from peats and lake sediments to discern Quaternary climate change, explanation of the patterns of faunal extinction events, the interplay of fire on landscape evolution, and models of the environmental consequences of human settlement patterns. The diversity of approaches, geographic scope and academic rigor are a fitting tribute to the enormous contributions of Geoff Hope. As made apparent in this volume, Hope pioneered multidisciplinary understanding of the history and impacts of human cultures in the Australia- Pacific region, arguably the globe's premier model systems for understanding the consequences of human colonization on ecological systems. The distinguished scholars who have contributed to this volume also demonstrate Hope's enduring contribution as an inspirational research leader, collaborator and mentor. Terra Australis leave no doubt that history matters, not only for land management, but more importantly, in alerting settler and indigenous societies alike to their past ecological impacts and future environmental trajectories.

សាកលវិទ្យាល័យ ប៊ែលធី អន្តរជាតិ

World Wide E-Library

Altered Ecologies, Fire; climate and human influence on terrestrial landscapes

Description

Before American History, Nationalist Mythmaking and Indigenous Dispossession

The Cave of the Warrior

The Cave of the Warrior

Appearance; Discrimination and the Media, Portraying Facial Disfigurement Fairly in the News

American Law in the Age of Hypercapitalism, The Worker; the Family; and the State

Human Nature in Gregory of Nyssa

The Democratic State

The Democratic State