RESEARCH INTERESTS

Lida Pigott Burney operates the Westchester County Pollen Assessment Station at the Calder Ecology Center, which provides daily pollen counts for over 300 allergy clinics, hospitals, and doctor’s offices in the New York area. She has over ten years of experience as a palynology technician, and has collaborated on many research projects concerned with airborne particle deposition, environmental history, and fire ecology.

Selected Publications

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Wright, H.T., P. Verin, Ramilisonina, D.A. Burney, L.P. Burney, and K. Matsumoto, in press. The evolution of settlement systems in the Bay of Boeny and the Mahavavy River Valley (Madagascar). Azania, 30 p.

Burney, D.A., R.V. DeCandido, L.P. Burney, F.N. Kostel-Hughes, T.W. Stafford, Jr., and H.F. James, 1995. A Holocene record of climate change, fire ecology and human activity from montane Flat Top Bog, Maui. Journal of Paleolimnology 13: 209-217.

Burney, D.A., L.P. Burney, and R.D.E. MacPhee, 1994. Holocene charcoal stratigraphy from Laguna Tortuguero, Puerto Rico, and the timing of human arrival on the island. Journal of Archaeological Science 21(3): 273-281.

Burney, D.A., and L.P. Burney, 1993. Modern pollen deposition in cave sites: Experimental results from New York State. New Phytologist 124: 523-535.

Burney, D.A., L.P. Burney, J.-G. Rafamantanantsoa, R.D. D’Arrigo, and G.C. Jacoby, 1993. Laminated sediment cores, tree-ring records, and laminated speleothems from Madagascar. Eos 4/20:93.

Burney, D.A., and L.P. Burney, 1987. Recent paleoecology of Nags Head Woods on the North Carolina Outer Banks. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 114(2): 156-168.

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