Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition
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...
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| author | Levis, Carolina Costa, Flávia R.C. Bongers, Frans Peña-Claros, Marielos Clement, Charles R. Junqueira, André B. Neves, Eduardo G. Tamanaha, Eduardo K. Figueiredo, Fernando O.G. Salomão, Rafael P. Castilho, Carolina V. Magnusson, William E. Phillips, Oliver L. Guevara, Juan Ernesto Sabatier, Daniel Molino, Jean-François Cárdenas López, Dairon Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel Pitman, Nigel C.A. Duque, Alvaro Núñez Vargas, Percy Zartman, Charles Eugene Vasquez, Rodolfo Andrade, Ana Camargo, José Luís Feldpausch, Ted R. Laurance, Susan G.W. Laurance, William F. Killeen, Timothy J. Mendonça Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Montero, Juan Carlos Mostacedo, Bonifacio Leão Amaral, Iêda van der Heijden, Geertje Guimarães Vieira, Ima Célia van der Heijden, Geertje ter Steege, Hans |
| author_facet | Levis, Carolina Costa, Flávia R.C. Bongers, Frans Peña-Claros, Marielos Clement, Charles R. Junqueira, André B. Neves, Eduardo G. Tamanaha, Eduardo K. Figueiredo, Fernando O.G. Salomão, Rafael P. Castilho, Carolina V. Magnusson, William E. Phillips, Oliver L. Guevara, Juan Ernesto Sabatier, Daniel Molino, Jean-François Cárdenas López, Dairon Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel Pitman, Nigel C.A. Duque, Alvaro Núñez Vargas, Percy Zartman, Charles Eugene Vasquez, Rodolfo Andrade, Ana Camargo, José Luís Feldpausch, Ted R. Laurance, Susan G.W. Laurance, William F. Killeen, Timothy J. Mendonça Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Montero, Juan Carlos Mostacedo, Bonifacio Leão Amaral, Iêda van der Heijden, Geertje Guimarães Vieira, Ima Célia van der Heijden, Geertje ter Steege, Hans |
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| description | 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 pre-Columbian peoples. Domesticated species are five times more likely to be hyperdominant than non-domesticated species. Across the basin the relative abundance and richness of domesticated species increases in forests on and around archaeological sites. In southwestern and eastern Amazonia distance to archaeological sites strongly influences the relative abundance and richness of domesticated species. Our analyses indicate that modern tree communities in Amazonia are structured to an important extent by a long history of plant domestication by Amazonian peoples. |
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| spelling | nottingham-402612020-05-04T18:36:15Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40261/ Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition Levis, Carolina Costa, Flávia R.C. Bongers, Frans Peña-Claros, Marielos Clement, Charles R. Junqueira, André B. Neves, Eduardo G. Tamanaha, Eduardo K. Figueiredo, Fernando O.G. Salomão, Rafael P. Castilho, Carolina V. Magnusson, William E. Phillips, Oliver L. Guevara, Juan Ernesto Sabatier, Daniel Molino, Jean-François Cárdenas López, Dairon Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel Pitman, Nigel C.A. Duque, Alvaro Núñez Vargas, Percy Zartman, Charles Eugene Vasquez, Rodolfo Andrade, Ana Camargo, José Luís Feldpausch, Ted R. Laurance, Susan G.W. Laurance, William F. Killeen, Timothy J. Mendonça Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Montero, Juan Carlos Mostacedo, Bonifacio Leão Amaral, Iêda van der Heijden, Geertje Guimarães Vieira, Ima Célia van der Heijden, Geertje ter Steege, Hans 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 pre-Columbian peoples. Domesticated species are five times more likely to be hyperdominant than non-domesticated species. Across the basin the relative abundance and richness of domesticated species increases in forests on and around archaeological sites. In southwestern and eastern Amazonia distance to archaeological sites strongly influences the relative abundance and richness of domesticated species. Our analyses indicate that modern tree communities in Amazonia are structured to an important extent by a long history of plant domestication by Amazonian peoples. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017-03-03 Article PeerReviewed Levis, Carolina, Costa, Flávia R.C., Bongers, Frans, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Clement, Charles R., Junqueira, André B., Neves, Eduardo G., Tamanaha, Eduardo K., Figueiredo, Fernando O.G., Salomão, Rafael P., Castilho, Carolina V., Magnusson, William E., Phillips, Oliver L., Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Sabatier, Daniel, Molino, Jean-François, Cárdenas López, Dairon, Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel, Pitman, Nigel C.A., Duque, Alvaro, Núñez Vargas, Percy, Zartman, Charles Eugene, Vasquez, Rodolfo, Andrade, Ana, Camargo, José Luís, Feldpausch, Ted R., Laurance, Susan G.W., Laurance, William F., Killeen, Timothy J., Mendonça Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo, Montero, Juan Carlos, Mostacedo, Bonifacio, Leão Amaral, Iêda, van der Heijden, Geertje, Guimarães Vieira, Ima Célia, van der Heijden, Geertje and ter Steege, Hans (2017) Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition. Science, 355 (6328). pp. 925-931. ISSN 1095-9203 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6328/925 doi:10.1126/science.aal0157 doi:10.1126/science.aal0157 |
| spellingShingle | Levis, Carolina Costa, Flávia R.C. Bongers, Frans Peña-Claros, Marielos Clement, Charles R. Junqueira, André B. Neves, Eduardo G. Tamanaha, Eduardo K. Figueiredo, Fernando O.G. Salomão, Rafael P. Castilho, Carolina V. Magnusson, William E. Phillips, Oliver L. Guevara, Juan Ernesto Sabatier, Daniel Molino, Jean-François Cárdenas López, Dairon Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel Pitman, Nigel C.A. Duque, Alvaro Núñez Vargas, Percy Zartman, Charles Eugene Vasquez, Rodolfo Andrade, Ana Camargo, José Luís Feldpausch, Ted R. Laurance, Susan G.W. Laurance, William F. Killeen, Timothy J. Mendonça Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Montero, Juan Carlos Mostacedo, Bonifacio Leão Amaral, Iêda van der Heijden, Geertje Guimarães Vieira, Ima Célia van der Heijden, Geertje ter Steege, Hans Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition |
| title | Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition |
| title_full | Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition |
| title_fullStr | Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition |
| title_short | Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition |
| title_sort | persistent effects of pre-columbian plant domestication on amazonian forest composition |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40261/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40261/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40261/ |