Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) as a commensal model for human mobility in Oceania: Anthropological, botanical and genetic considerations

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 231-247

  Seelenfreund, D ^a   Clarke, A C ^b   Oyanedel, N ^a   Pina R ^a,c   Lobos, S ^a   Matisoo Smith, E A ^b   Seelenfreund, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ACADEMIA DE HUMANISMO CRISTIANO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Broussonetia papyrifera; Genetic markers; Lapita dispersal; Migration; Pacific prehistory; Paper mulberry; Polynesia; Rapa Nui origins

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMENSAL; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FRUIT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MIGRATION; MOBILITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREHISTORIC; RECONSTRUCTION;

AUSTRALIA; MELANESIA; MICRONESIA; POLYNESIA; TAIWAN;

BROUSSONETIA; BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 79959971553     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2010.520323     Document Type: Article

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