12,000 Years of Chaparral Management by California Native People: Research Brief
/By mastering the art of prescription burning over thousands of years, native California tribes sustainably maximized chaparral ecosystem services like food, medicine, and building materials.
Anderson, M.K., and J.E. Keeley. 2018. Native peoples’ relationship to the California chaparral. Pp. 79-121 in, E.C. Underwood, H. Safford, N. Molinari, and J. Keeley, editors. Valuing Chaparral. Springer Series on Environmental Management, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68303-4_4