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The Emptied Amazon · source record · paper

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

Carolina Levis; et al.; Science · 2017

AI-verified citationSRC-LEVIS-2017
identifier / locator
Science 355(6328):925–931, doi:10.1126/science.aal0157
url
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aal0157
verification note
science.org is bot-walled; verified 2026-08-28 via Wayback capture; abstract checked verbatim.

Evidence drawn from this source

Supports· moderateAMZ-E012

Domesticated tree species concentrate on and around archaeological sites

what the source states
"Across the basin, the relative abundance and richness of domesticated species increase in forests on and around archaeological sites."
limitations
  • See AMZ-E013: post-Columbian land use confounds the modern-composition signal.
Carolina Levis (2017)AI-verified citationAMZ-C008