Martin Arford
Teaching Fields, Geography
- Introduction to Physical Geography, World Cultural/Regional Geography, Advanced Physical Geography
Research Interests
- Holocene Paleoecology, Plant Biogeography, Environmental History
Current Research Projects
- Landscape History of the Saginaw Valley Area
- Climate Change and Land-Use History in Northwestern Costa Rica
- Reconstruction of Prehistoric Hurricane Records from Coastal Lakes in the Dominican Republic
Publications
- Arford, M.R. and Horn, S.P., 2004. Pollen Evidence of the Earliest Maize Agriculture in Costa Rica. Journal of Latin American Geography 3(1): 109-116.
- Arford, M.R., 1998. Perspectives on Palo Verde National Park from Puerto Humo Residents: Economics, Eco-Tourism, and Conservation. In Thornhill, A.D. and Sherman, P (eds.), Tropical Biodiversity, Organization for Tropical Studies, OTS 98-10 (Report), pp. 17-21.
Presentations
- Arford, M.R. and Horn, S.P. Species Richness Inferred from Pollen Diversity in Lake-sediment Profiles from Northwestern Costa Rica. Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, April 2005.
- Arford, M.R. and Horn, S.P. Pollen in a Pinch: Surface Pollen Assemblages from Disturbed Mid-Elevation Forests in Northwestern Costa Rica. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, Colorado, April 2005.
- Arford M.R. and Horn, S.P. The Maize Debate and Evidence for the Earliest Maize Agricul;ture in Costa Rica. Annual meeting of the Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers, Biloxi, Mississippi, November 2004.
- Arford, M.R. and Horn, S.P. A Multi-Site Investigation of Holocene Paleoenvironments in Northwestern Costa Rica. Centennial meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2004.