1492 and the loss of amazonian crop genetic resources. I. The relation between domestication and human population decline

Economic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 188-202

  Clement, Charles R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Crop domestication; European contact; Genetic erosion; Landscape domestication; Pre Columbian demography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032767157     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02866498     Document Type: Article

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