Fire and flood management of coastal swamp enabled first rice paddy cultivation in east China

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7161, 2007, Pages 459-462

  Zong, Y ^a   Chen, Z ^b   Innes, J B ^a   Chen, C ^c   Wang, Z ^b   Wang, H ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL;

CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; NEOLITHIC; RICE; SWAMP;

ALGA; ALGAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILITY; FIRE; FLOODING; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GRASSLAND; HARVEST; OCCUPATION; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RICE; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TILLAGE; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; ALNUS;

EID: 34848893361     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06135     Document Type: Article

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