Historical ecologists map a changing landscape »
Posted By idyll 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Grossinger is a historical ecologist, merging history and ecology to figure out the environments of our great, and great-great-great grandparents. When he compares those landscapes with the present, he turns up surprise after surprise - streams that weren't streams, wetlands where there used to be beaches, thick groves of trees where there used to be plains and plains where there used to be thick groves of trees.
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Thanks idyll.
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Interesting article. The value of historical ecology is well-represented in this story.
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