Tropical pioneers: human agency and ecological change in the highlands of Sri Lanka 1800-1900/
James L.A. Webb
- Athens: Ohio University Press, 2002.
- xviii, 243p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Ohio University Press series in ecology and history. .
1. The natural ecology of the island and processes of early ecological change -- 2. The highland ecologies in the early nineteenth century -- 3. Early-nineteenth century processes of change -- 4. The transformation of the middle highlands -- 5. Into the upeer highlands -- Appendixes: -- 1. Sir Joseph Banks, director of Kew Gardens, on the principles on which a colonial botanic garden in Ceylon should be founded -- 2. Sir Joseph Bank's instructions to William Kerr, first gardener of the Royal Botanic Garden, Ceylon -- 3. Burning the forest -- 4. Cinchona harveting -- 5. Superintendents, assistant directors, and directors of the Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, in the nineteenth century.
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Nature--Effect of human beings on Rain forest ecology Sri Lanka Agricultural ecology Human ecology