
OpinionAugust 5, 2020
Don’t Downplay the Role of Indigenous People in Molding the Ecological Landscape
Climate has been a major driver of changes in vegetation over thousands of years—but not the only one
Marc D. Abrams, Ph.D., is the Nancy and John Steimer Professor of Agricultural sciences and a professor of forest ecology and physiology in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at Penn State University.

Don’t Downplay the Role of Indigenous People in Molding the Ecological Landscape
Climate has been a major driver of changes in vegetation over thousands of years—but not the only one