'Seeing the Forest and the Trees' examines changes in land cover & land use in forested regions as major contributors to global environmental change.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Throughout much of human history, changes to forest ecosystems have come about through natural climatic changes occurring over long periods of time. But scientists now find changes in forest cover dramatically accelerated by such human activities as large-scale agriculture, the building of dams and roads, and the growth of cities with vast areas of asphalt. Changes that once took centuries now …