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

McMichael, Crystal H; Feeley, Kenneth J; Dick, Christopher W; Piperno, Dolores R; Bush, Mark B

McMichael, Crystal H; Feeley, Kenneth J; Dick, Christopher W; Piperno, Dolores R; Bush, Mark B.

Afiliação

McMichael CH; Department of Ecosystem and Landscape Dynamics, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. c.n.h.mcmichael@uva.nl.
Feeley KJ; Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Dick CW; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Piperno DR; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.
Bush MB; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.

Science ; 358(6361)2017 10 20.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29051349

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Levis et al (Research Articles, 3 March 2017, p. 925) concluded that pre-Columbian tree domestication has shaped present-day Amazonian forest composition. The study, however, downplays five centuries of human influence following European arrival to the Americas. We show that the effects of post-Columbian activities in Amazonia are likely to have played a larger role than pre-Columbian ones in shaping the observed floristic patterns.

Assuntos

Domesticação; Florestas; América; Humanos; Plantas; Árvores

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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Florestas / Domesticação Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article

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