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Deciphering African tropical forest dynamics in the Anthropocene: how social and historical sciences can elucidate forest research and management

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Deciphering African tropical forest dynamics in the Anthropocene: how social and historical sciences can elucidate forest research and management. / Walters, Gretchen; Fraser, James; Picard, Nicholas et al.
In: Anthropocene, Vol. 27, 100214, 01.09.2019.

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Walters G, Fraser J, Picard N, Hymas O, Fairhead J. Deciphering African tropical forest dynamics in the Anthropocene: how social and historical sciences can elucidate forest research and management. Anthropocene. 2019 Sept 1;27:100214. Epub 2019 Jul 9. doi: 10.1016/j.ancene.2019.100214

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abstract = "Forests bear the historical legacies of human activities over thousands of years, including agriculture, trade, disease and resource extraction. Many of these activities may represent indices of the proposed geological epoch of the Anthropocene. Modifications to soil, topography and vegetation evidence anthropogenic influences. Yet studies of vegetation change throughout the humid tropics tend to occlude these by focusing on forest dynamics, timber, and biodiversity through permanent sample plots or forestry inventory plots. We highlight how history and social science can be combined with ecology to help better understand human signatures in forest dynamics. We (1) critically reviewecological methods in the light of the environmental and social history of the Afrotropics; (2) map current plot networks for West and Central Africa in relation to the Human Footprint Index; (3) using two case studies, demonstrate how history and social science bring new insights and inferences to plot-based studies; all leading to (4) novel forms of interdisciplinary collaboration for sustainable forest conservation, management and restoration.",
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