Anthropogenic influence on Amazonian forests in pre-history: An ecological perspective

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2277-2288

  Bush, Mark B ^a   Mcmichael, Crystal H ^a,k   Piperno, Dolores R ^b,c   Silman, Miles R ^d   Barlow, Jos ^e,f   Peres, Carlos A ^f,g   Power, Mitchell ^h   Palace, Michael W ^i,j  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^j Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Amazonia; Archaeology; Charcoal; Diversity; Fire; Historical ecology; Manufactured landscape; Palaeoecology; Phytoliths; Terra preta

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHARCOAL; FIRE; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HUNTING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PALEOECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONIA;

EID: 84955196544     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12638     Document Type: Article

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