Search Results - "Yoshi Maezumi, S"
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Multiproxy evidence highlights a complex evolutionary legacy of maize in South America
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (14-12-2018)“…Domesticated maize evolved from wild teosinte under human influences in Mexico beginning around 9000 years before the present (yr B.P.), traversed Central…”
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Tropical forests in the deep human past
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (25-04-2022)“…Since Darwin, studies of human evolution have tended to give primacy to open 'savannah' environments as the ecological cradle of our lineage, with dense…”
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The legacy of 4,500 years of polyculture agroforestry in the eastern Amazon
Published in Nature plants (01-08-2018)“…The legacy of pre-Columbian land use in the Amazonian rainforest is one of the most controversial topics in the social 1 – 10 and natural sciences 11 , 12…”
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Reconstructions of biomass burning from sediment-charcoal records to improve data–model comparisons
Published in Biogeosciences (03-06-2016)“…The location, timing, spatial extent, and frequency of wildfires are changing rapidly in many parts of the world, producing substantial impacts on ecosystems,…”
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Uncoupling human and climate drivers of late Holocene vegetation change in southern Brazil
Published in Scientific reports (17-05-2018)“…In the highlands of southern Brazil an anthropogenitcally driven expansion of forest occurred at the expense of grasslands between 1410 and 900 cal BP,…”
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Warming, drought, and disturbances lead to shifts in functional composition: A millennial‐scale analysis for Amazonian and Andean sites
Published in Global change biology (01-09-2023)“…Tropical forests are changing in composition and productivity, probably in response to changes in climate and disturbances. The responses to these multiple…”
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The Curse of Conservation: Empirical Evidence Demonstrating That Changes in Land-Use Legislation Drove Catastrophic Bushfires in Southeast Australia
Published in Fire (Basel, Switzerland) (01-12-2022)“…Protecting “wilderness” and removing human involvement in “nature” was a core pillar of the modern conservation movement through the 20th century. Conservation…”
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The legacy of 1300 years of land use in Jamaica
Published in Journal of island and coastal archaeology (02-04-2024)“…Despite decades of archaeological research on Jamaica, little is known about how settlers influenced landscape change on the island over time. Here, we examine…”
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Climate change and cultural resilience in late pre-Columbian Amazonia
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (01-07-2019)“…The long-term response of ancient societies to climate change has been a matter of global debate. Until recently, the lack of integrative studies using…”
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The origins of Amazonian landscapes: Plant cultivation, domestication and the spread of food production in tropical South America
Published in Quaternary science reviews (15-11-2020)“…During the last two decades, new archaeological projects which systematically integrate a variety of plant recovery techniques, along with palaeoecology,…”
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Legacies of Indigenous land use and cultural burning in the Bolivian Amazon rainforest ecotone
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (25-04-2022)“…The southwestern Amazon Rainforest Ecotone (ARE) is the transitional landscape between the tropical forest and seasonally flooded savannahs of the Bolivian…”
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Evidence confirms an anthropic origin of Amazonian Dark Earths
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Legacy of Amazonian Dark Earth soils on forest structure and species composition
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-09-2020)“…Aim Amazonian forests predominantly grow on highly weathered and nutrient poor soils. Anthropogenically enriched Amazonian Dark Earths (ADE), traditionally…”
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Radiocarbon dates from Curaçao's oldest Archaic site extend earliest island settlement to ca. 5700 cal BP
Published in Journal of island and coastal archaeology (01-10-2024)“…Due to its proximity to coastal South America and settlement during the early phase of insular Caribbean occupation, Curaçao's archaeological record offers…”
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Charcoal analysis for temperature reconstruction with infrared spectroscopy
Published in Frontiers in earth science (Lausanne) (16-02-2024)“…The duration and maximum combustion temperature of vegetation fires are important fire properties with implications for ecology, hydrology, hazard potential,…”
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Anthropogenic soil and settlement organisation in the Bolivian Amazon
Published in Geoarchaeology (01-05-2021)“…Anthropogenic soils known as Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs) have long been known as a key component of subsistence systems for various pre‐Columbian Amazonian…”
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New Insights From Pre-Columbian Land Use and Fire Management in Amazonian Dark Earth Forests
Published in Frontiers in ecology and evolution (03-08-2018)“…Anthropogenic climate change driven by increased carbon emissions is leading to more severe fire seasons and increasing the frequency of mega-fires in the…”
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Scarce fire activity in north and north-western Amazonian forests during the last 10,000 years
Published in Plant ecology & diversity (04-07-2021)“…Fire is known to affect forest biodiversity, carbon storage, and public health today; however, comparable fire histories from across forest regions in Amazonia…”
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A collaborative agenda for archaeology and fire science
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (01-07-2022)“…Humans have influenced global fire activity for millennia and will continue to do so into the future. Given the long-term interaction between humans and fire,…”
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Addressing the Anthropocene from the Global South: integrating paleoecology, archaeology and traditional knowledge for COP engagement
Published in Frontiers in earth science (Lausanne) (29-10-2024)“…The triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss necessitates more holistic, comprehensive, and integrated public policy…”
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