The development of agriculture in the Americas: An ecological perspective

Ecosphere

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Doughty, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Extinctions; Herbivores; Megafauna; NPP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883387961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00098.1     Document Type: Article

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