Historical Human Footprint on Modern Tree Species Composition in the Purus-Madeira Interfluve, Central Amazonia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Levis, Carolina ^a   de Souza, Priscila Figueira ^a   Schietti, Juliana ^a   Emilio, Thaise ^a   Pinto, José Luiz Purri da Veiga ^a   Clement, Charles R ^a   Costa, Flavia R C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIQUITY; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARCHEOLOGY; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BIOMANIPULATION; DOMESTICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; LANDSCAPE; MODERN TIMES; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

BRAZIL; CHARCOAL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84869852226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048559     Document Type: Article

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