Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition

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doi:10.1126/science.aal0157

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Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition

Published in Science • Mar 2, 2017

Authors:

Carolina Levis

Flávia R. C. Costa

Frans Bongers

Abstract

The extent to which pre-Columbian societies altered Amazonian landscapes is hotly debated. We performed a basin-wide analysis of pre-Columbian impacts on Amazonian forests by overlaying known archaeological sites in Amazonia with the distributions and abundances of 85 woody species domesticated by p...

Subject

Amazonian

Domestication

Amazon rainforest

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