Bamboo-dominated forests and pre-Columbian earthwork formations in south-western Amazonia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1733-1745

  Mcmichael, Crystal H ^a,b   Palace, Michael W ^a   Golightly, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Bamboo; Distribution modelling; Earthworks; Geoglyphs; Guadua; Historical ecology; Maxent; Pre Columbian forests

Indexed keywords

GUADUA;

EID: 84905752611     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12325     Document Type: Article

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