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

Carolina Levis; F. R. C. Costa; F. Bongers; M. Pena-Claros; C. R. Clement; A. B. Junqueira; E. G. Neves; E. K. Tamanaha; F. O. G. Figueiredo; R. P. Salomao; Carolina V. Castilho; William E. Magnusson; Oliver L. Phillips; Juan Ernesto Guevara; Daniel Sabatier; Jean François Molino; D. Cardenas Lopez; Abel Monteagudo Mendoza; Nigel C A Pitman; A. Duque; P. Nunez Vargas; Charles E. Zartman; Rodolfo Vasquez; Ana Andrade; José Luís Camargo; Ted R. Feldpausch; Susan G W Laurance; W. F. Laurance; T. J. Killeen; H. E. Mendona Nascimento; Juan Carlos Montero; Bonifacio Mostacedo; Iêda Leão Amaral; I. C. Guimaraes Vieira; Roel J. W. Brienen; Hernán Castellanos; J Terborgh; M. de Jesus Veiga Carim; J. R. da Silva Guimaraes; L. de Souza Coelho; Francisca Dionízia De Almeida Matos; Florian Wittmann; H. F. Mogollon; Gabriel Damasco; N. Davila; R. Garcia-Villacorta; Eurídice N Honorio Coronado; Thaise Emilio; Diógenes De Andrade Lima Filho; Juliana Schietti; Priscila F. De Souza; Natalia Targhetta; James A. Comiskey; Beatriz S. Marimon; Ben Hur Marimon Junior; David Neill; Alfonso Alonso; Luzmila Arroyo; Fernanda Antunes Carvalho; Fernanda Coelho Souza; Francisco Dallmeier; Marcelo Petrati Pansonato; Joost F. Duivenvoorden; Paul V A Fine; P. R. Stevenson; Alejandro Araujo-murakami; Gerardo A. Aymard C.; Christopher Baraloto; Dário Dantas do Amaral; J. Engel; Terry W. Henkel; Paul Maas; Pascal Petronelli; Juan David Cardenas Revilla; Juliana Stropp; Doug Daly; R Gribel; M. Rios Paredes; Marcos Silveira; Raquel Thomas-Caesar; Tim R. Baker; Naara Ferreira da Silva; Leandro Valle Ferreira; C. A. Peres; Miles R. Silman; C. Ceron; Fernando Cornejo Valverde; Alessia Fiore; Eliana M. Jimenez; M. C. Penuela Mora; M Toledo; Edelcilio Marques Barbosa; L. C. de Matos Bonates; Nicolás Castaño Arboleda; E. de Sousa Farias; Alfredo Fuentes; Jean-Louis Guillaumet; P. Moller Jorgensen; Y Malhi; I. P. de Andrade Miranda; J. F. Phillips; Adriana Prieto; Agustín Rudas; A. R. Ruschel; Barbara N. Silva; Patricio Von Hildebrand; Vincent A. Vos; Eglée L. Zent; Stanford Zent; Bruno Barçante Ladvocat Cintra; Marcelo T. Nascimento; Alexandre A. Oliveira; Hirma Ramirez-Angulo; José Ferreira Ramos; Gonzalo Rivas; J. Schongart; Rodrigo Sierra; Milton Tirado; Geertje M. F. Van Der Heijden; Emilio Vilanova Torre; Ophelia Wang; K. R. Young; Claudia Baider; Angela Cano; William Farfan-Rios; Cid Ferreira; Bruce Hoffman; Casimiro Mendoza; Italo Mesones; Armando Torres-lezama; María Natalia Umaña Medina; Tinde R. Van Andel; Daniel Villarroel; Roderick Zagt; Miguel N. Alexiades; Henrik Balslev; Karina Garcia-Cabrera; T Gonzales; Lionel Hernandez; Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco; Angelo Gilberto Manzatto; W Milliken; Walter Palacios Cuenca; Susamar Pansini; Daniela Pauletto; Freddy Ramirez Arevalo; Neidiane Farias Costa Reis; Adeilza Felipe Sampaio; Ligia Estela Urrego Giraldo; E. H. Valderrama Sandoval; Luis Valenzuela Gamarra; César I A Vela; Hans Ter Steege

doi:10.1126/science.aal0157

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

Carolina Levis, F. R. C. Costa, F. Bongers, M. Pena-Claros, C. R. Clement, A. B. Junqueira, E. G. Neves, E. K. Tamanaha, F. O. G. Figueiredo, R. P. Salomao, Carolina V. Castilho, William E. Magnusson, Oliver L. Phillips, Juan Ernesto Guevara, Daniel Sabatier, Jean François Molino, D. Cardenas Lopez, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, Nigel C A Pitman, A. DuqueP. Nunez Vargas, Charles E. Zartman, Rodolfo Vasquez, Ana Andrade, José Luís Camargo, Ted R. Feldpausch, Susan G W Laurance, W. F. Laurance, T. J. Killeen, H. E. Mendona Nascimento, Juan Carlos Montero, Bonifacio Mostacedo, Iêda Leão Amaral, I. C. Guimaraes Vieira, Roel J. W. Brienen, Hernán Castellanos, J Terborgh, M. de Jesus Veiga Carim, J. R. da Silva Guimaraes, L. de Souza Coelho, Francisca Dionízia De Almeida Matos, Florian Wittmann, H. F. Mogollon, Gabriel Damasco, N. Davila, R. Garcia-Villacorta, Eurídice N Honorio Coronado, Thaise Emilio, Diógenes De Andrade Lima Filho, Juliana Schietti, Priscila F. De Souza, Natalia Targhetta, James A. Comiskey, Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon Junior, David Neill, Alfonso Alonso, Luzmila Arroyo, Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Fernanda Coelho Souza, Francisco Dallmeier, Marcelo Petrati Pansonato, Joost F. Duivenvoorden, Paul V A Fine, P. R. Stevenson, Alejandro Araujo-murakami, Gerardo A. Aymard C., Christopher Baraloto, Dário Dantas do Amaral, J. Engel, Terry W. Henkel, Paul Maas, Pascal Petronelli, Juan David Cardenas Revilla, Juliana Stropp, Doug Daly, R Gribel, M. Rios Paredes, Marcos Silveira, Raquel Thomas-Caesar, Tim R. Baker, Naara Ferreira da Silva, Leandro Valle Ferreira, C. A. Peres, Miles R. Silman, C. Ceron, Fernando Cornejo Valverde, Alessia Fiore, Eliana M. Jimenez, M. C. Penuela Mora, M Toledo, Edelcilio Marques Barbosa, L. C. de Matos Bonates, Nicolás Castaño Arboleda, E. de Sousa Farias, Alfredo Fuentes, Jean-Louis Guillaumet, P. Moller Jorgensen, Y Malhi, I. P. de Andrade Miranda, J. F. Phillips, Adriana Prieto, Agustín Rudas, A. R. Ruschel, Barbara N. Silva, Patricio Von Hildebrand, Vincent A. Vos, Eglée L. Zent, Stanford Zent, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat Cintra, Marcelo T. Nascimento, Alexandre A. Oliveira, Hirma Ramirez-Angulo, José Ferreira Ramos, Gonzalo Rivas, J. Schongart, Rodrigo Sierra, Milton Tirado, Geertje M. F. Van Der Heijden, Emilio Vilanova Torre, Ophelia Wang, K. R. Young, Claudia Baider, Angela Cano, William Farfan-Rios, Cid Ferreira, Bruce Hoffman, Casimiro Mendoza, Italo Mesones, Armando Torres-lezama, María Natalia Umaña Medina, Tinde R. Van Andel, Daniel Villarroel, Roderick Zagt, Miguel N. Alexiades, Henrik Balslev, Karina Garcia-Cabrera, T Gonzales, Lionel Hernandez, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Angelo Gilberto Manzatto, W Milliken, Walter Palacios Cuenca, Susamar Pansini, Daniela Pauletto, Freddy Ramirez Arevalo, Neidiane Farias Costa Reis, Adeilza Felipe Sampaio, Ligia Estela Urrego Giraldo, E. H. Valderrama Sandoval, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, César I A Vela, Hans Ter Steege

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	925-931
Number of pages	7
Journal	Science
Volume	355
Issue number	6328
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal0157
Publication status	Published - 3 Mar 2017

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PATTERNS
HISTORY
CLIMATE
CULTIVATION
EVOLUTION
SELECTION
REGION
CROPS
SOILS
BASIN

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Levis, C., Costa, F. R. C., Bongers, F., Pena-Claros, M., Clement, C. R., Junqueira, A. B., Neves, E. G., Tamanaha, E. K., Figueiredo, F. O. G., Salomao, R. P., Castilho, C. V., Magnusson, W. E., Phillips, O. L., Guevara, J. E., Sabatier, D., Molino, J. F., Lopez, D. C., Mendoza, A. M., Pitman, N. C. A., ... Ter Steege, H. (2017). Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition. Science, 355(6328), 925-931. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal0157

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AU - Costa, F. R. C.

AU - Bongers, F.

AU - Pena-Claros, M.

AU - Clement, C. R.

AU - Junqueira, A. B.

AU - Neves, E. G.

AU - Tamanaha, E. K.

AU - Figueiredo, F. O. G.

AU - Salomao, R. P.

AU - Castilho, Carolina V.

AU - Magnusson, William E.

AU - Phillips, Oliver L.

AU - Guevara, Juan Ernesto

AU - Sabatier, Daniel

AU - Molino, Jean François

AU - Lopez, D. Cardenas

AU - Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo

AU - Pitman, Nigel C A

AU - Duque, A.

AU - Vargas, P. Nunez

AU - Zartman, Charles E.

AU - Vasquez, Rodolfo

AU - Andrade, Ana

AU - Camargo, José Luís

AU - Feldpausch, Ted R.

AU - Laurance, Susan G W

AU - Laurance, W. F.

AU - Killeen, T. J.

AU - Nascimento, H. E. Mendona

AU - Montero, Juan Carlos

AU - Mostacedo, Bonifacio

AU - Amaral, Iêda Leão

AU - Vieira, I. C. Guimaraes

AU - Brienen, Roel J. W.

AU - Castellanos, Hernán

AU - Terborgh, J

AU - Carim, M. de Jesus Veiga

AU - Guimaraes, J. R. da Silva

AU - Coelho, L. de Souza

AU - Matos, Francisca Dionízia De Almeida

AU - Wittmann, Florian

AU - Mogollon, H. F.

AU - Damasco, Gabriel

AU - Davila, N.

AU - Garcia-Villacorta, R.

AU - Coronado, Eurídice N Honorio

AU - Emilio, Thaise

AU - Lima Filho, Diógenes De Andrade

AU - Schietti, Juliana

AU - De Souza, Priscila F.

AU - Targhetta, Natalia

AU - Comiskey, James A.

AU - Marimon, Beatriz S.

AU - Marimon Junior, Ben Hur

AU - Neill, David

AU - Alonso, Alfonso

AU - Arroyo, Luzmila

AU - Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes

AU - Souza, Fernanda Coelho

AU - Dallmeier, Francisco

AU - Pansonato, Marcelo Petrati

AU - Duivenvoorden, Joost F.

AU - Fine, Paul V A

AU - Stevenson, P. R.

AU - Araujo-murakami, Alejandro

AU - Aymard C., Gerardo A.

AU - Baraloto, Christopher

AU - do Amaral, Dário Dantas

AU - Engel, J.

AU - Henkel, Terry W.

AU - Maas, Paul

AU - Petronelli, Pascal

AU - Revilla, Juan David Cardenas

AU - Stropp, Juliana

AU - Daly, Doug

AU - Gribel, R

AU - Paredes, M. Rios

AU - Silveira, Marcos

AU - Thomas-Caesar, Raquel

AU - Baker, Tim R.

AU - da Silva, Naara Ferreira

AU - Ferreira, Leandro Valle

AU - Peres, C. A.

AU - Silman, Miles R.

AU - Ceron, C.

AU - Valverde, Fernando Cornejo

AU - Fiore, Alessia

AU - Jimenez, Eliana M.

AU - Mora, M. C. Penuela

AU - Toledo, M

AU - Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques

AU - Bonates, L. C. de Matos

AU - Arboleda, Nicolás Castaño

AU - Farias, E. de Sousa

AU - Fuentes, Alfredo

AU - Guillaumet, Jean-Louis

AU - Jorgensen, P. Moller

AU - Malhi, Y

AU - Miranda, I. P. de Andrade

AU - Phillips, J. F.

AU - Prieto, Adriana

AU - Rudas, Agustín

AU - Ruschel, A. R.

AU - Silva, Barbara N.

AU - Von Hildebrand, Patricio

AU - Vos, Vincent A.

AU - Zent, Eglée L.

AU - Zent, Stanford

AU - Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat

AU - Nascimento, Marcelo T.

AU - Oliveira, Alexandre A.

AU - Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma

AU - Ramos, José Ferreira

AU - Rivas, Gonzalo

AU - Schongart, J.

AU - Sierra, Rodrigo

AU - Tirado, Milton

AU - Van Der Heijden, Geertje M. F.

AU - Torre, Emilio Vilanova

AU - Wang, Ophelia

AU - Young, K. R.

AU - Baider, Claudia

AU - Cano, Angela

AU - Farfan-Rios, William

AU - Ferreira, Cid

AU - Hoffman, Bruce

AU - Mendoza, Casimiro

AU - Mesones, Italo

AU - Torres-lezama, Armando

AU - Medina, María Natalia Umaña

AU - Van Andel, Tinde R.

AU - Villarroel, Daniel

AU - Zagt, Roderick

AU - Alexiades, Miguel N.

AU - Balslev, Henrik

AU - Garcia-Cabrera, Karina

AU - Gonzales, T

AU - Hernandez, Lionel

AU - Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau

AU - Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto

AU - Milliken, W

AU - Cuenca, Walter Palacios

AU - Pansini, Susamar

AU - Pauletto, Daniela

AU - Arevalo, Freddy Ramirez

AU - Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa

AU - Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe

AU - Giraldo, Ligia Estela Urrego

AU - Sandoval, E. H. Valderrama

AU - Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela

AU - Vela, César I A

AU - Ter Steege, Hans

PY - 2017/3/3

Y1 - 2017/3/3

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - PATTERNS

KW - HISTORY

KW - CLIMATE

KW - CULTIVATION

KW - EVOLUTION

KW - SELECTION

KW - REGION

KW - CROPS

KW - SOILS

KW - BASIN

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DO - 10.1126/science.aal0157

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VL - 355

SP - 925

EP - 931

JO - Science

JF - Science

SN - 0036-8075

IS - 6328

ER -

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

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