Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition

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Abstract

The extent to which pre-Columbian societies altered Amazonian landscapes is hotly debated. We performed a basin-wide analysis of pre-Columbian impacts on Amazonian forests by overlaying known archaeological sites in Amazonia with the distributions and abundances of 85 woody species domesticated by pre-Columbian peoples. Domesticated species are five times more likely than nondomesticated species to be hyperdominant. Across the basin, the relative abundance and richness of domesticated species increase in forests on and around archaeological sites. In southwestern and eastern Amazonia, distance to archaeological sites strongly influences the relative abundance and richness of domesticated species. Our analyses indicate that modern tree communities in Amazonia are structured to an important extent by a long history of plant domestication by Amazonian peoples.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	patterns,history,climate,cultivation,evolution,selection,region,crops,soils,basin
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018)
Related URLs:	http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprin... http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/114745/
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2017 06:06
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2023 14:42
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/65491
DOI:	10.1126/science.aal0157

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