Early New Zealand population initiated rapid forest transition
Bozeman MT (SPX) Nov 06, 2014 - Human-set fires by a small Polynesian population in New Zealand ~750 years ago may have caused fire-vulnerable forests to shift to shrub land over decades, rather than over centuries, as previously thought, according to a study published November 5, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by David McWethy from Montana State University and colleagues. Human impacts on forest composition an ... more
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