<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ponomarenko, E.V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">S.V. Ponomarenko</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Application of the Ecosystems Archaeology Method for Vegetation Restoration and Management in National Parks</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001</style></year></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Banff</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vegetation management in national parks requires the determination of what is a goal forest as an object of restoration and maintainance. Usually the goal forest is understood as the ecosystem that existed at the time of European colonization. For most areas it is assumed that parameters of the modern natural forest are more or less similar to those at the time of colonization. However, in the areas colonized comparatively early, such as the Maritimes, the vegetation cover apparently was modified by logging, ploughing and imported plant diseases. In this case information on the historical species composition can be obtained by soil analysis. A combination of trace fossil and macrofossil analysis was applied to reconstruct the species composition, tree stand density, and age parameters of the historical Acadian forest in Kouchibouguac National Park (New Brunswick). Results of this case study allowed us to draw some preliminary conclusions on the role of anthropogenic disturbances on the vegetation cover of the East Coast prior to European colonization.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>