Early tropical crop production in marginal subtropical and temperate Polynesia

Prebble, Matthew; Anderson, Atholl; Augustinus, Paul; Emmitt, Joshua; Fallon, Stewart; Furey, Louise; Holdaway, Simon; Jorgensen, Alex; N. Ladefoged, Thegn; J. Matthews, Peter; Meyer, Jean‐Yves; Phillipps, Rebecca; Wallace, Rod; Porch, Nick

doi:10.1073/pnas.1821732116

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Early tropical crop production in marginal subtropical and temperate Polynesia

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Apr 8, 2019

Authors:

Matthew Prebble

Atholl Anderson

Paul Augustinus

Abstract

Significance Fossil evidence shows that Polynesians introduced the tropical crop taro ( Colocasia esculenta ) during initial colonization of the subtropical South Pacific islands and temperate New Zealand after 1200 CE, establishing garden ecosystems with similar commensal plants and invertebrates. ...

Subject

Temperate climate

Subtropics

Ecology

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