Aim I detail several problems and solutions related to estimating pre‐settlement forest
density from land surveyors' bearing tree data. The data have a high value, so clarification of …

Preindustrial forest composition for> 180 000 km2 throughout central and northeastern
Ontario was recreated from Ontario Crown land survey notes (1816–1955) and compared …

Changes in tree taxon composition and distribution in western New York over a 200 year
time period ca. 1797–1993 were examined by comparing the presettlement land survey with …

The accuracy of methods for reconstructing parameters (eg, tree density) of historical forest
structure from General Land Office (GLO) survey data has not been thoroughly assessed …

Comparisons of current and historical tree species composition and size structure along
natural productivity gradients are useful for inferring effects of disturbance regimes and …

Aim The purposes of this study were to develop a Geographic Information System and
spatial analytical methodology to reconstruct and represent the presettlement vegetation in a …

The Tension Zone (TZ) is a prominent Midwestern ecotone where the flora of two major
forest types (Northern Mixed Forests and Southern Broadleaf Forests) commingle, striking …

Abstract The Public Land Survey (PLS) witness tree data provide one of the few quantitative
data sets of pre-and early-European settlement composition and structure of the forests and …

This study investigated the effects of widespread forest clearance and fragmentation on
forest compositional change between pre-settlement and the present (ca. 1800–1993) in …

This paper reports on research to evaluate the potential of Original Texas Land Survey
(OTLS) to generate information that can be used to quantitatively map historical vegetation …