Burgi_et_al_2017

Bürgi M, Östlund L, Mladenoff DJ (2017) Legacy Effects of Human Land Use: Ecosystems as Time-Lagged Systems. Ecosystems 20:94–103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-016-0051-6

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Keywords: land cover, historical, anthropogenic, legacy effects, review

“Human land use is one core component within historical ecology, which focuses on understanding the importance of past events to ecosystems, and the long-term legacies of these effects, or lags in ecosystem response”. Humans have direct (land-use change) and indirect (disturbance regime changes) effects on ecosystems. Past land use may oersust as legacies in ecosystems. Distinguishes between land-cover changes and land-use changes. Resilient and slow adapting ecosystems experience more legacy effects.