Readings Nov 12 and 19th; no class Nov 26

Hi-
Here are the readings for the next two weeks. We won't meet on Nov. 26th, the afternoon before Thanksgiving, to give us all more time to make pumpkin pies and roast turkeys (or whatever your Thanksgiving traditions might be).

Nov 12 (Tricia and possibly Jon)
Robert Gough, Farming the Cutover, introduction and Chapter 1.

Optional: Steen-Adams, M.M., N.E. Langston, and D.J. Mladenoff. 2007. “White pine in the northern forests: An ecological and management history of white pine on the Bad River Reservation of Wisconsin,” Environmental History 12: 624-648.

Nov 19 (Bob and possibly Tricia)

Jeanine M. Rhemtulla and David J. Mladenoff, “Why history matters in landscape ecology,” Landscape Ecology 22 (2007): 1-3.

Rhemtulla, J.M., D.J. Mladenoff and M.K. Clayton. 2007. Regional land-cover conversion in the U.S. upper Midwest: magnitude of change and limited recovery (1850-1935-1993). Landscape Ecology 22: 57 -75. link: http://landscape.forest.wisc.edu/PDF/Rhemtulla_LE2007.pdf

Optional: Rhemtulla, J. M., D. J. Mladenoff, and M. K. Clayton. 2008. Legacies of historical land use on regional composition and structure in Wisconsin (USA): (Mid-1800s—1930s—2000s).