Florida: Native Americans, Regional Drought And Tree Island Evolution In The Florida Everglades

Florida: Native Americans, Regional Drought And Tree Island Evolution In The Florida Everglades Christopher Bernhardt, 2011   This study uses palynologic data to determine the effects of regional climate variability and human activity on the formation and development of tree islands during the last ~4000 years. Although prolonged periods of aridity have been invoked as one mechanism for their formation, Native American land use has also been hypothesized as a driver of tree island...

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