Pre-Columbian fire regimes in lowland tropical rainforests of southeastern Peru

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 342-343, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-83

  McMichael, C H ^a   Correa Metrio, A ^b   Bush, M B ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Charcoal methodologies; Cultural parkland; Fire history; Los Amigos; Soil charcoal; Tropical rainforests

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; DATING METHOD; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RAINFOREST; SOIL DEPTH; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; LOS AMIGOS; MADRE DE DIOS; PERU;

EID: 84862512417     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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