Human ecology and ethnology [chapter 3]

Frank E. Wozniak

Treesearch

Human ecology and ethnology [chapter 3]

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Frank E. Wozniak

Year:

1995

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Finch, Deborah M.; Tainter, Joseph A., tech eds. Ecology, diversity, and sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-268. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 29-51.

Download (PDF 2.50 MB)

Download (PDF 2.50 MB): https://research.fs.usda.gov/download/treesearch/38857.pdf

Abstract

The relationship of humans with Middle Rio Grande Basin ecosystems is complex. In historic times, humans had a critical role in the evolution of environmental landscapes and ecosystems throughout the Middle Rio Grande Basin. The relationship of humans with the land is based on and regulated by resource availability, environmental conditions, levels of technological knowledge, political and socioeconomic structures, and cultural values regarding the use of land and water. The general and specific impacts of historic human activities on Middle Rio Grande Basin ecosystems have only recently become a focus of researchers.

Parent Publication

Ecology, diversity, and sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin

Keywords

Rio Grande, sustainability, riparian, environmental history, climate change, pinyon-juniper, desert grasslands, ecosystem restoration

Citation

Wozniak, Frank E. 1995. Human ecology and ethnology [chapter 3]. In: Finch, Deborah M.; Tainter, Joseph A., tech eds. Ecology, diversity, and sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-268. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 29-51.