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New England stone walls lie at the intersection of history, archaeology, ecology and geoscience, and deserve a science of their own (www.yahoo.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not just you, I thought it was engaging and interesting as well. The comment about artificial refuges really strikes a chord as well, and I would add man made brush piles to the list of reclamation structures for encouraging animal resurgence.

Also, I'm excited that I might be able to describe the various rock structures on our parcel with greater scientific rigor.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yes, that's right - brush piles and windrows of waste wood (from logging) are used to recreate habitat. Cowan et al 2011 (and 2012?; maybe they're 2021/2022 respectively, I forget) has some great papers on how artificial refuges need to be constructed properly, otherwise they're unused, or can serve as predator traps. I have the papers somewhere, though I had to request one from him.

If you're interested, DM me and I'll send them to you; it will require some digging, and I'm busy today, so I warn you turnaround might be slower than I'd like.