An interdisplinary approach to the Little Ice Age and its implications for global change research.

• Main Author: Schwartz, Serena Ann
• Other Authors: Teeri, James, Vesecky, John
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: History; European; Environmental Sciences; Engineering; System Science; Parry; Stella; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/104387; http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:9513479

The Little Ice Age, a period generally characterized by depressed temperatures and increased precipitation, offers a unique opportunity to study population-environment dynamics under climatic stress in the recent past. Western Europe has an extensively documented Little Ice Age history, roughly span...