Methods and approaches in forest history : report no. 3 of the IUFRO Task Force on Environmental Change / edited by M. Agnoletti, Department of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, Italy and S. Anderson, Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

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TextSeries: IUFRO research series ; 3.Publisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI Publishing, in association with The International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO), 2000Copyright date: 2000Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 281 pages) : illustrations, maps, chartsContent type:

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Introduction : the Development of Forest History Research / M. Agnoletti -- Changing Roles of the Forest History Society : New Approaches to Environmental History in North America / S. Anderson -- How Professional Historians Can Play a Useful Role in the Study of an Interdisciplinary Forest History / C. Ernst -- Putting 'Flesh on the Carbon-Based Bones' of Forest History / M. Williams -- Forest Management from Positivism to the Culture of Complexity / O. Ciancio and S. Nocentini -- Economic Areas and Forest Nature : the Search for Forest Images and the Understanding of Nature in the Past / B. Selter -- The Age and Size of Hazel (Corylus avellana L.) Stools of Nåtö Island, Åland Islands, SW Finland / C.-A. Hæggström -- The Study of Charcoal-burning Sites in the Apennine Mountains of Liguria (NW Italy) as a Tool for Forest History / C. Montanari, P. Prono and S. Scipioni -- Local Economic History, Environmental History and Forest History : Some Swedish Experiences and Suggestions / S. Gaunitz -- Socioeconomical and Ecological Aspects of Coppice Woods History in the Lower Vosges (France) and the Black Forest (Germany) / R. Ostermann and A. Reif -- The Forest History of Boreal Sweden : a Multidisciplinary Approach / L.Östlund and O. Zackrisson -- Preindustrial Forests in Central Europe as Objects of Historical-Geographical Research / W. Schenk -- Methods Towards Studying Historical Changes in Forest and Landscape Patterns : a Comparison between Two Nearby Socioeconomic Contexts / V. Robiglio -- Temporal and Spatial Changes in a Boreal Forest Landscape : GIS Applications / A.-L. Axelsson -- Comparing Damages : Italian and American Concepts of Restoration / M. Hall -- Searching for Common Ground : Reconstructing Landscape History in East Africa's Eastern Arc Mountains / C.A. Conte -- The 'Alnoculture' System in the Ligurian Eastern Apennines : Archive Evidence / S. Bertolotto and R. Cevasco -- Between Nature and Culture : the Contribution of Anthropology to Environmental Study / P. Clemente, N. Breda andV. Lapiccirella-Zingari -- Prehistoric Cultures and the Development ofWoodlands / H. Küster -- Integration between Genetic and Archaeobotanical Data in a Study on the Evolutionary History of Pinus halepensis Mill. Populations in Southern Italy / S. Puglisi, G. Fiorentino, R. Lovreglio and V. Leone -- Xylology and Forest History / E. Corona -- Bristlecone Pines and Tales of Change in the Great Basin / M.P. Cohen -- Biodiversity and Forest Management : From Biodiversity to Geochronodiversity / P. Arnould, M. Hotyat and L. Simon -- Temporal Differences in Forest History at Two Sites in Eastern North America / G.B. Blank.

Abstract: This book presents edited and revised versions of 23 papers selected from those presented at a major conference on History and forest resources, held in Florence, Italy, in 1998. It also includes an introduction by the first editor. The book is a companion volume to 'Forest history: international studies on socio-economic and forest ecosystem change' (IUFRO Research Series No. 2), which is also based on papers from the conference, and published by CABI Publishing in association with IUFRO. The conference was organized by the Italian Academy of Forestry Science and IUFRO Working Group S6.07.02 on Forest History. The focus of this set of papers is the different approaches and methods adopted in the study of forest history. In particular, the interdisciplinary nature of these studies is emphasized, bringing in the different perspectives of anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, foresters, historians, geneticists and geographers. As a whole, the volume demonstrates the rich diversity of approaches and methods in forest history and the need to integrate them to give a more meaningful understanding of human-nature interactions, making forest history a more effective tool for the management of forest ecosystems. All the papers are noticed separately on the CAB ABSTRACTS database.

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"Most of the chapters presented in the book are based on presentations given at the International IUFRO conference `History and Forest Resources' held in Florence (Italy) in May 1998."--Preface.

This book presents edited and revised versions of 23 papers selected from those presented at a major conference on History and forest resources, held in Florence, Italy, in 1998. It also includes an introduction by the first editor. The book is a companion volume to 'Forest history: international studies on socio-economic and forest ecosystem change' (IUFRO Research Series No. 2), which is also based on papers from the conference, and published by CABI Publishing in association with IUFRO. The conference was organized by the Italian Academy of Forestry Science and IUFRO Working Group S6.07.02 on Forest History. The focus of this set of papers is the different approaches and methods adopted in the study of forest history. In particular, the interdisciplinary nature of these studies is emphasized, bringing in the different perspectives of anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, foresters, historians, geneticists and geographers. As a whole, the volume demonstrates the rich diversity of approaches and methods in forest history and the need to integrate them to give a more meaningful understanding of human-nature interactions, making forest history a more effective tool for the management of forest ecosystems. All the papers are noticed separately on the CAB ABSTRACTS database.

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Methods and approaches in forest history : report no. 3 of the IUFRO Task Force on Environmental Change / edited by M. Agnoletti, Department of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, Italy and S. Anderson, Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina, USA.