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

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.

• Autores: Levis, Carolina; Flavia Regina, Capellotto Costa; Bongers, Frans; Peña Claros, Marielos; Clement, Charles Roland; Junqueira, André Braga; Góes Neves, Eduardo; Tamanaha, Eduardo; Gouvea Figueiredo, Fernando Oviveira; De Paiva Salomão, Rafael; de Castilho, Carolina Volkmer; Magnusson, William; Phillips, Oliver Lawrence; Guevara, J. E.; Sabatier, Daniel; Molino, Jean François; Cárdenas López, Dairon; Mendoza, A. M.; Pitman, Nigel; Pitman, Nigel Charles Andrew; Duque Montoya, Álvaro Javier; Núñez Vargas, P.; Zartman, Charles Roland; Vásquez Martínez, Rodolfo; Andrade, A.; Campana Camargo, José Luis; Feldpausch, Ted R.; Laurance, Susan G. W.; Laurance, William F.; Killeen, Timothy J.; Mendonça Nascimento, H. E.; Montero, J. C.; Mostacedo, Bonifacio; Amaral, I. L.; Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães; Brienen, Roel J W; Castellanos, H.; Terborgh, John W.; Veiga Carim, Marcelo de Jesus; da Silva Guimarães, J. R.; de Souza Coelho, Luiz; de Almeida Matos, F. D.; Wittmann, Florian; Mogollón, H. F.; Damasco, G.; Dávila, N.; García Villacorta, Roosevelt; Honorio Coronado, Eurídice Nora; Lopes de Sousa, Thaise Emilio; Lima Filho, Diogenes de Andrade; Almeida, Juliana Schietti; Figueira de Souza, Priscila; Targhetta, Natália; Comiskey, James A.; Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes; Marimon Junior, Ben Hur; Alan Neill, David; Alonso, Alfonso; Arroyo, L.; Antunes Carvalho, Fernanda; Coelho de Souza, Fernanda; Dallmeier, Francisco; Petratti Pansonato, Marcelo; Duivenvoorden, Joost F.; Fine, P. V. A.; Stevenson, P. R.; Araujo Murakami, Alejandro; Aymard Corredor, Gerardo Antonio; Baraloto, Christopher; Amaral, Darío; Pierre Engel, Julien; Henkel, T. W.; Maas, P.; Petronelli, P.; Cardenas Revilla, J. D.; Stropp Carneiro, Juliana; Daly, D.; Gribel, Rogério; Ríos Paredes, M.; Silveira, Marcos; Thomas Caesar, Raquel S.; Baker, T. R.; da Silva, Naara f; Ferreira, Leandro V.; Peres, Carlos A.; De Matos Bonates, Luis Carlos; Castaño Arboleda, Nicolás; de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle; Fuentes Claros, Alfredo Fernando; Guillaumet, J. L.; Møller Jørgensen, Peter; Malhi, Yadvinder; de Andrade Miranda, I. P.; Phillips, J. F.; Prieto, A.; Rudas, A.; Roberto Ruschel, Ademir; Silva, N. José; von Hildebrand, Patricio; Vos, Vincent Antoine; Zent, E. L.; Zent, S.; Ladvocat Cintra, Bruno Barcante; Nascimento, M. T.; Oliveira, Alexandre A.; Ramírez Angulo, Hirma; Ramos, J. F.; Rivas, G.; Schöngart, Jochen; Sierra, R.; Tirado, M.; van der Heijden, G.; Torre, E. V.; Wang, Ophelia; Young, K. R.; Baider, Claudia; Cano, Ángela; Farfán Rio, William; Ferreira, C.; Hoffman, Bruce; Mendoza, C.; Mesones, I.; Torres Lezama, A.; Medina, M. N. U.; van Andel, Tinde; Villarroel, Daniel; Jan Zagt, Roderick; Alexiades, Miguel; Balslev, Henrik; García Cabrera, K.; Gonzáles Ojeda, Therany; Hernández, L.; Huamantupa Chuquimaco, Isau; Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto; Milliken, W.; Cuenca, W. P.; Pansini, S.; Pauletto, Daniele; Arévalo, F. R.; Costa Reis, Neidiane Farias; Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe; Urrego Giraldo, Ligia Estela; Valderrama Sandoval, Elvis H.; Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis; Vela, C. I. A.; Ter Steege, Hans
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Tecnológico de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio Tdea
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:dspace.tdea.edu.co:tdea/3983
• Acceso en línea: https://dspace.tdea.edu.co/handle/tdea/3983
• Palabra clave: Bosques tropicales; Forêt tropicale; Tropical forests; Floresta tropical; Domesticación de plantas; Domestication des plantes; Plant domestication; Domesticação de plantas; Dispersión de las Plantas; Plant Dispersal; Dispersão Vegetal; Dispersion des plantes; Sitio arqueológico; Site archéologique; Archaeological sites; Información ambiental; Information en matière d'environnement; Environmental information
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