Crop Diversity on Anthropogenic Dark Earths in Central Amazonia

Human Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 395-406

  Fraser, James Angus ^a   Junqueira, André B ^b   Kawa, Nicholas C ^c   Moraes, Claide P ^d   Clement, Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Botanical inventory; Crop domestication; Domesticated landscapes; Historical ecology; Madeira river

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; DOMESTICATION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY;

BRAZIL; MADEIRA RIVER;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 79960069566     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-011-9405-z     Document Type: Article

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