Deforesting the Earth - From Prehistory to Global Crisis geology Murie and Mark Elbroch

Murie and Mark Elbroch

Over 75 different plants in 111 plant families are treated

Peter and Rosemary Grant explain what we have learned about the origin and evolution of new species through the study of the finches made famous by that great scientist: Darwin's finches

to the Kern River Valley

it will continue to be the essential guide to the Sierra Nevada for a new generation of hikers

Deforesting the Earth - From Prehistory to Global Crisis geology Murie and Mark ElbrochDeforestationthe thinning, changing, and wholesale clearing of forests for fuel, shelter, and agricultureis among the most important ways humans have transformed the environment. Surveying ten thousand years to trace human induced deforestations effect on economies, societies, and landscapes around the world, Deforesting the Earth is the preeminent history of this process and its consequences. Beginning with the return of the forests after the ice age