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

C. Levis; C. Costa; F. Bongers; M. Peña-Claros; C. Clement; A. Junqueira; E. Neves; E. Tamanaha; F. Figueiredo; R. Salomão; C. Castilho; E. Magnusson; O. Phillips; E. Guevara; Daniel Sabatier; Jean-François Molino; D. López; M. Mendoza; C. Pitman; A. Duque; P. Núñez Vargas; C. Zartman; R. Vasquez; A. Andrade; J. I B Camargo; R. Feldpausch; W. Laurance; F. Laurance; J. Killeen; E. Nascimento; C. Montero; B. Mostacedo; I. Amaral; C. Guimarães Vieira; R. Brienen; H. Castellanos; J. Terborgh; M. Carim; R. Guimarães; L. de Souza Coelho; F. Matos; F. Wittmann; F. Mogollón; G. Damasco; N. Dávila; R. García-Villacorta; E. Coronado; T. Emilio; D. Andrade; J. Schietti; P. Souza; N. Targhetta; A. Comiskey; S. Marimon; H. Marimon; D. Neill; A. Alonso; L. Arroyo; F. Carvalho; C. Souza; F. Dallmeier; M. Pansonato; F. Duivenvoorden; A. Fine; R. Stevenson; A. Araujo-Murakami; C. Aymard C.; C. Baraloto; D. Amaral; Julien Engel; W. Henkel; P. Maas; Pascal Petronelli; J. Revilla; J. Stropp; D. Daly; R. Gribel; M. Paredes; M. Silveira; R. Thomas-Caesar; R. Baker; F. da Silva; L. Ferreira; C. Peres; M. Silman; C. Cerón; C. Valverde; A. Di Fiore; M. Jimenez; C. Mora; M. Toledo; M. Barbosa; C. Matos; C. Arboleda; E. Farias; A. Fuentes; J. Guillaumet; P. Jørgensen; Y. Malhi; I. Andrade; F. Phillips; A. Prieto; A. Rudas; A. Ruschel; N. Silva; P. von Hildebrand; A. Vos; E. Zent; S. Zent; B. Cintra; M. Nascimento; A. Oliveira; H. Ramírez-Angulo; F. Ramos; G. Rivas; J. Schöngart; R. Sierra; M. Tirado; G. van Der Heijden; E. Torre; O. Wang; R. Young; C. Baider; A. Cano; W. Farfan-Rios; C. Ferreira; B. Hoffman; C. Mendoza; I. Mesones; A. Torre; M. Medina; R. van Andel; D. Villarroel; R. Zagt; M. Alexiades; H. Balslev; K. Garcia-Cabrera; T. Gonzales; L. Hernandez; I. Huamantupa-Chuquimaco; A. Manzatto; W. Milliken; W. Cuenca; S. Pansini; D. Pauletto; F. Arevalo; F. Costa; F. Sampaio; E. Giraldo; E. Sandoval; L. Gamarra; C. Vela; H. ter Steege

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

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

C. Levis, C. Costa, F. Bongers, M. Peña-Claros, C. Clement, A. Junqueira, E. Neves, E. Tamanaha, F. Figueiredo, R. Salomão, …

Science, Vol.355(6328), pp.925-931

02/03/2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal0157

Abstract

Plant domestication

Pre-columbian archaeology

Amazony

The marks of prehistoric human societies on tropical forests can still be detected today. Levis et al. performed a basin-wide comparison of plant distributions, archaeological sites, and environmental data. Plants domesticated by pre-Columbian peoples are much more likely to be dominant in Amazonian forests than other species. Furthermore, forests close to archaeological sites often have a higher abundance and richness of domesticated species. Thus, modern-day Amazonian tree communities across the basin remain largely structured by historical human use.Science, this issue p. 925The 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.

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Title: Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition
Creators - without role: C. Levis
C. Costa
F. Bongers
M. Peña-Claros
C. Clement
A. Junqueira
E. Neves
E. Tamanaha
F. Figueiredo
R. Salomão - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
C. Castilho
E. Magnusson - University of Iceland
O. Phillips
E. Guevara - National Agricultural Technology Institute
Daniel Sabatier - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Jean-François Molino - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
D. López
M. Mendoza
C. Pitman
A. Duque
P. Núñez Vargas
C. Zartman
R. Vasquez
A. Andrade - Chercheur indépendant
J. I B Camargo - Observatorio Nacional [Rio de Janeiro]
R. Feldpausch
W. Laurance
F. Laurance
J. Killeen
E. Nascimento
C. Montero
B. Mostacedo
I. Amaral
C. Guimarães Vieira
R. Brienen
H. Castellanos
J. Terborgh - Chercheur indépendant
M. Carim
R. Guimarães
L. de Souza Coelho
F. Matos
F. Wittmann
F. Mogollón
G. Damasco
N. Dávila
R. García-Villacorta
E. Coronado - Ciencia
T. Emilio
D. Andrade
J. Schietti
P. Souza
N. Targhetta
A. Comiskey
S. Marimon
H. Marimon
D. Neill - National Archives of Ecuador
A. Alonso - Applied Tumor Virology
L. Arroyo - Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado
F. Carvalho - Neuro-Dol
C. Souza
F. Dallmeier
M. Pansonato
F. Duivenvoorden
A. Fine
R. Stevenson - Université du Québec à Montréal
A. Araujo-Murakami
C. Aymard C.
C. Baraloto - Chercheur indépendant
D. Amaral
Julien Engel
W. Henkel
P. Maas
Pascal Petronelli - Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
J. Revilla
J. Stropp - Chercheur indépendant
D. Daly
R. Gribel
M. Paredes
M. Silveira - Departamento de Ciências da Natureza
R. Thomas-Caesar - Chercheur indépendant
R. Baker - Central Science Laboratory
F. da Silva - Association Euratom/CFN/IST
L. Ferreira - European Organization for Nuclear Research
C. Peres
M. Silman
C. Cerón
C. Valverde
A. Di Fiore
M. Jimenez - Unité Matériaux et Transformations
C. Mora - Ospedale degli Infermi
M. Toledo
M. Barbosa
C. Matos - Erasmus Hospital
C. Arboleda
E. Farias
A. Fuentes
J. Guillaumet
P. Jørgensen
Y. Malhi - University of Oxford
I. Andrade
F. Phillips
A. Prieto - Universidad de Sevilla
A. Rudas - Institute of Natural Science
A. Ruschel
N. Silva
P. von Hildebrand
A. Vos
E. Zent
S. Zent
B. Cintra
M. Nascimento
A. Oliveira - Institut de Physique Théorique
H. Ramírez-Angulo - Chercheur indépendant
F. Ramos
G. Rivas - inconnu
J. Schöngart - Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
R. Sierra
M. Tirado
G. van Der Heijden
E. Torre
O. Wang
R. Young - University of Adelaide
C. Baider
A. Cano
W. Farfan-Rios
C. Ferreira - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
B. Hoffman
C. Mendoza - University of the Andes
I. Mesones
A. Torre
M. Medina
R. van Andel
D. Villarroel
R. Zagt
M. Alexiades
H. Balslev
K. Garcia-Cabrera
T. Gonzales - Universidad de Salamanca
L. Hernandez - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
I. Huamantupa-Chuquimaco
A. Manzatto
W. Milliken
W. Cuenca
S. Pansini
D. Pauletto
F. Arevalo
F. Costa - Fondazione Edmund Mach
F. Sampaio - National Institute of Amazonian Research
E. Giraldo
E. Sandoval
L. Gamarra
C. Vela
H. ter Steege - Chercheur indépendant
Publication Details: Science, Vol.355(6328), pp.925-931
Identifiers: 9936959309311
Academic Unit: BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-02191535