Trees and woodlands of south India [electronic resource] : archaeological perspectives / Eleni Asouti, Dorian Q Fuller.

By:

Asouti, Eleni

Contributor(s):

Fuller, Dorian Q

Material type: Text

TextSeries: University College London Institute of Archaeology PublicationsPublication details: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2008.Description: 1 online resource (343 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:

9781598747461 (electronic bk.)
1598747460 (electronic bk.)

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Trees and woodlands of south India.DDC classification:

578.730954 22

LOC classification:

QK358 .A86 2008eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Producing South Indian Landscapes: The Intersection of Climate, Landforms, Economies, and Environmental History; 2. Indian Forest Ecology and the Politics of Landscape Management; 3. Background to Vegetation History: Climate, Geology, and Cultural History; 4. South Indian Woodland Vegetation: Its Composition, Structure, and Dynamics; 5. An Abridged Environmental History of South India; 6. Autecology and Ethnobotany of South Indian Trees and Shrubs

Summary: This volume introduces the ecological history of woodland vegetation in South India. It incorporates a critical overview of the theories of ecological on the subcontinent while detailing the history of long-term changes in the tree and shrub vegetation of the Indian peninsula that have resulted from climate change and the impact of human activities on the landscape.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-307) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

This volume introduces the ecological history of woodland vegetation in South India. It incorporates a critical overview of the theories of ecological on the subcontinent while detailing the history of long-term changes in the tree and shrub vegetation of the Indian peninsula that have resulted from climate change and the impact of human activities on the landscape.