Comment on “Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition”
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| Publication date | 20-10-2017 |
| Journal | Science |
| Article number | eaan8347 |
| Volume | Issue number | 358 | 6361 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
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| 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. |
| Document type | Comment/Letter to the editor |
| Language | English |
| Related publication | Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition |
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aan8347
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