Conservation implications of limited Native American impacts in pre-contact New England

Oswald, WW; Foster, DR; Shuman, BN; Chilton, ES; Doucette, DL; Duranleau, DL

Oswald, WW (corresponding author), Emerson Coll, Inst Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, Boston, MA 02116 USA.; Oswald, WW (corresponding author), Harvard Univ, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA 01366 USA.

NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, 2020; 3 (3): 241

Abstract

Modern land management often assumes that past human activity shaped iconic landscapes. This study finds that climate, rather than indigenous activity......

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