Man's ability to change an agricultural landscape to suit his own needs is associated with the basic principles that govern all landscapes. This study incorporates several environmental and cultural variables to help explain the resultant woodlots patterns in rural Delaware County, Indiana. To a large degree, cultural variables are deemed most significant in describing the size and locations of agriculturally oriented woodlots in Delaware County.Agriculture in Delaware County ranks high in productivity when compared with the entire state. Most of the farming is now specialized, such as dairy farms and cash-grain farms, with small family farms decreasing in number. As a result, fields are being combined, enlarged, and intensified leaving woodlots in remote, distant locations. Agricultural land use, comprising about 85 percent of the total area in the county, is viewed as the primary culprit controlling the pattern of .woodlots existing today. This study attests to quantify the governing parameters of agriculturally oriented woodlots in order to describe their size and location in Delaware County, Indiana, in 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/182736 |
| Date | January 1983 |
| Creators | Loy, Ted E. |
| Contributors | Martinson, Tom L. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | v, 72 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
| Coverage | n-us-in |
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