<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bain, D. J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brush, G. S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gradients, property templates, and land use change</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BES</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">60</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">224-237</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The scarcity of historical individual-level data makes understanding historic land use decisions and the influence of physiochemical gradients on these decisions difficult. Here, we present several measures of early property agricultural quality based on commonly available data, including elevation and soil type. These analyses demonstrate the influence of physiochemical gradients on initial land division patterns in the Gywnns Falls watershed (Baltimore, Maryland). Moreover, we examine the influence of the template created by early property decisions on continuing human-driven landscape dynamics. This influence is illustrated by 1900-era forest cover patterns, park locations, and modern transportation networks.  * Thanks to Alicia Torregrosa, Geoff Buckley, and several anonymous reviewers whose comments and thoughts have made this article considerably stronger. The work was funded through the National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research program, grant number DEB 9714835 to the Institute for Ecosystem Studies, subcontracted to Johns Hopkins University, and through a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2008-85488</style></accession-num></record></records></xml>