Forests in Time : The Environmental Consequences of 1,000 Years of Change in New England

This seminal book, based on innovative research at Harvard Forest, describes the dramatic natural and human-induced changes in the land and environment of New England over the past 1,000 years. "An important and timely addition to a growing literature that documents change and, by implication, underlines our responsibilities to that thing out there that we call 'nature.'"Michael Williams,Science "A must-read for anyone interested in the study of historical forest ecology and anthropogenic impacts on ecosystem dynamics."Marc D. Abrams,BioScience

David R. Foster is director of the Harvard Forest at Harvard University and principal investigator of its Long Term Ecological Research program. John D. Aber is a professor in the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space and the Department of Natural Resources at the University of New Hampshire.