| Description |
1 online resource (343 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
University College London Institute of Archaeology Publications
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University College London Institute of Archaeology Publications.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-307) and indexes. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Forest plants -- India.
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Forest plants. |
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India. |
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Plant remains (Archaeology) -- India.
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Plant remains (Archaeology) |
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Landscape archaeology -- India.
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Landscape archaeology. |
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Forest archaeology -- India.
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Forest archaeology. |
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India -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Fuller, Dorian Q.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Asouti, Eleni. Trees and woodlands of south India. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007018758 |
| ISBN |
9781598747461 (electronic book) |
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1598747460 (electronic book) |
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9781598742312 |
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1598742310 |
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