Response to Comment on "persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition"

Andre Braga Junqueira*, Carolina Levis, Frans Bongers, Marielos Peña-Claros, Charles Roland Clement, Flávia R.C. Costa, Hans Ter Steege

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

McMichael et al. state that we overlooked the effects of post-Columbian human activities in shaping current floristic patterns in Amazonian forests. We formally show that post- Columbian human influences on Amazonian forests are indeed important, but they have played a smaller role when compared to the persistent effects of pre-Columbian human activities on current forest composition..

Original languageEnglish
Article numbereaan8837
Number of pages2
JournalScience
Volume358
Issue number6361
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Oct 2017
  • Research Award 2018

    Levis, C. (Recipient), 9 Mar 2018

    Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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