Plant Succession and Ecological History of a Central Indiana Swamp

1928 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 384-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley A. Cain
Keyword(s):  
Plant Succession ◽  
Ecological History ◽  
History Of

This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India.

1995 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Cheung Robinson ◽  
Madhav Gadgil ◽  
Ramachandra Guha
Keyword(s):  
Ecological History ◽  
History Of

Degraded or Just Dusty? Examining Ecological Change in Arid Lands

BioScience ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 508-522
Author(s):  
Jennifer L Silcock ◽  
Rod J Fensham
Keyword(s):  
Historical Record ◽  
Rangeland Management ◽  
Rare Plant ◽  
Ecological Change ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
Ecological History ◽  
Abrupt Changes ◽  
History Of

AbstractThe ecological history of rangelands is often presented as a tale of devastation, where fragile drylands are irreversibly degraded through inappropriate land use. However, there is confusion about how to recognize and measure degradation, especially in low-productivity environments characterized by extreme natural variability and where abrupt and comprehensive management upheavals preclude benchmarks. These issues have important consequences for rangeland management programs, which are typically founded on presumptions of substantial and ongoing degradation from former “natural” states. We explore complementary approaches to critically assess degradation: the historical record, long-term grazing exclosures, surveys for potentially rare and sensitive plant species, and assessment of water-remote areas in relation to rare plant occurrence. Employing these approaches in inland Australia, we show that prevailing paradigms have become entrenched despite being inconsistent with empirical evidence. Our methodology can be applied to drylands with abrupt changes in management and contentious ecological narratives.

scholarly journals Reconstructing the ecological history of the extinct harp seal population of the Baltic Sea

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 106701
Author(s):  
Aikaterini Glykou ◽  
Lembi Lõugas ◽  
Giedrė Piličiauskienė ◽  
Ulrich Schmölcke ◽  
Gunilla Eriksson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Harp Seal ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Ecological History ◽  
Seal Population ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Baltic
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