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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"historical ecology"”.
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Historical Ecology of Norse Greenland: Zooarchaeology and Climate Change Responses
<p>This thesis invokes Historical Ecology approach to better understand human impacts on marine and terrestrial ecosystems, and the creation of cultural landscapes and seascapes in Norse Greenland. It also investigates climate impacts on human economic strategies, as they vary substantially by …
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Historical ecology of alien woody plants in the vicinity of Cape Town, South Africa
… Mediterranean region. The method of approach is historical and the research is based primarily on manuscript documents in the Cape Archives used in conjunction with annual reports of governmental bodies, especially the forestry authorities, and other contemporary accounts. The date of the first …
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Imifino yasendle, imifino isiZulu : the ethnobotany, historical ecology and nutrition of traditional vegetables in KwaZulu-Natal
… methods incorporating anthropology, ecology, nutrition and history are required to present holistic insights into the processes of imifino use and disuse. These techniques are focused on the community of Nkonisa, a forced relocation settlement in rural KwaZulu-Natal. A total of 36 …
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Effectiveness of Stand-Scale Forest Restoration, Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon
… for restoration through multi-scale analysis of historical ecology (Chapter III), and 2) demonstrate streamlined monitoring protocols that practitioners can use to adapt restoration practices over time (Chapter IV). Discussion of methodological efficacy in Chapter IV offers implications for …
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Effectiveness of Stand-Scale Forest Restoration, Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon
… for restoration through multi-scale analysis of historical ecology (Chapter III), and 2) demonstrate streamlined monitoring protocols that practitioners can use to adapt restoration practices over time (Chapter IV). Discussion of methodological efficacy in Chapter IV offers implications for …
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An Assessment on the effects of Environmental Conservation Policies in Colonial and Post Colonial Tanzania, 1922- 2000. The Case of Morogoro and Shinyanga Regions
… environmental conservation policies in different historical epochs. The stated objectives have been accomplished by analyzing the following themes: firstly the pre-colonial environmental conservation in Morogoro and Shinyanga regions; secondly, the strengths and weaknesses of environmental …
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The spatial and temporal ecology of the large mammal populations and vegetation of Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
… of large mammals. This study documents the historical ecology ofthe crater from 1892 to 2012 based on an analysis of the published literature and itinvestigates the potential effects of vegetation change on the dynamics of large mammalpopulations using remote sensing and GIS …
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SAND DUNE ENVIRONMENTS IN FIRST NATIONS LIFEWAYS: HOLISTIC INTERPRETATION FOR THE MIDDLE AND LATE PRECONTACT PERIODS ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS
… This work uses the concepts of Island Theory, Historical Ecology, and Possibilism to examine the environmental, social, and spiritual/cultural roles that sand dune locations played in the lifeways of Northern Plains groups during the Middle and Late Precontact periods. This theoretical basis …
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Live Materials: Womens Work, Pauline Oliveros & the feminist performance score
… such feminist performance scores and the wider historical ecology in which they emerged, leading to the demand for an embodied curator, a host to the live materiality of these works. I situate this thesis within the theoretical framework of Karen Barad’s agential realism, which foregrounds the …
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Considering the importance of wetlands to hunter-gatherer adaptation : a microbotanical investigation of Late Pleistocene plant-use in the Eastern Levant
… of human-environment interactions based in Historical Ecology and Human Niche Construction (HNC), this dissertation recognizes that Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers did not just react to their environments, but created and modified their environments. This research critically reconsiders …
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Unsettled Settlements: Continuity and change in the Marakwet habitation of the northern Elgeyo Escarpment, northwest Kenya, from c. 1850 to the present-day
… just of the material substance of Kacheseker’s historical development, but also the attitudes of its inhabitants and how these relate to the daily enactment of their lives both within the settlement itself and across the surrounding landscape. Diverse theoretical approaches are concurrently …
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Birds of a Feather: Cultural and Ecological Relationships between the Unangax̂ and Seabirds in the Aleutian Islands, AK
This dissertation investigates how marine ecosystems and ancestral Unangax̂ communities in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska adapted to Holocene climate variability. Today, rapid warming in the Arctic/Subarctic is causing disruptions in marine ecosystems, threatening food webs and the economic and …
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Evolution in a fragmented world: Phenotypic and genetic divergence amongst neighbouring populations of the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides
… wood. Notwithstanding their similarity in age, ecology and geographic location, I found that the community structure and density of burying beetles varied between the seven woods. I argue that these differences likely cause differences in the intensity of competition between the woods. If this …
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Faecal Sediments as Bio-Archives: The Fish Event Horizon in the Low Countries
This thesis addresses the ongoing uncertainties regarding change in fish exploitation in the Low Countries (present day Belgium and the Netherlands) during the medieval and Post-Medieval periods (AD 500 – 1900). In this thesis, I complete a systematic review of ichthyological remains and fish …
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Scrimshaw: unlocking the cultural and biological archive of sea mammal art
… investigation. Building on classical art historical methods, the multidisciplinary approach applied in this thesis allows for the examination of scrimshaw artefacts beyond imagery and carving techniques, providing additional insight into the biological history of the whales caught through …
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Successive Land Surveys as Indicators of Vegetation Change in an Agricultural Landscape
A series of anthropogenic disturbance conditions have altered the vegetation of the southern Appalachians during the past 200-years. The objective of this research was to identify the nature and timing of these vegetation changes in order to better understand the underlying causes. A total of 304 …
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Harakeke (Phormium tenax) ecology and historical management by Maori: The changing landscape in New Zealand
… project investigates Maori knowledge of harakeke ecology and management practices prior to the early 20th century within the context of a study of relevant environmental parameters that limit its natural distribution. Ecological information referring to harakeke was analysed from interviews with …