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Historical landcover changes in the Great Lakes region

http://biology.usgs.gov/luhna/chap6.html

Results of a study that provides a regional vegetation history of the Great Lakes area during the last 150 years compared to the preceding 1,000 years.

by Cole, Kenneth L.; Sisk, Thomas D. (Editor); Land Use History of North America Project (Sponsor); Stearns, Forest; Guntenspergen, Glenn R.; Davis, Margaret B.; and Walker, Karen
Related topics:
Environmental assessment, Land use and land cover, Palynology, Vegetation
Hydrologic units
Great Lakes

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