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Pre-Columbian soil fertilization and current management maintain food resource availability in old-growth Amazonian forests

Aims: The extent and persistence of pre-Columbian human legacies in old-growth Amazonian forests are still controversial, partly because modern societies re-occupied old settlements, challenging the distinction between pre- and post-Columbian legacies. Here, we compared the effects of pre-Columbian...

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Autor principal: Levis, Carolina
Outros Autores: Pena-Claros, Marielos, Clement, Charles Roland, Costa, Flávia Regina Capellotto, Alves, Rubana Palhares, Ferreira, Maria Julia, Figueiredo, Camila Guarim, Bongers, Frans
Grau: Artigo
Idioma: English
Publicado em: Plant and Soil 2020
Acesso em linha: https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/15475
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spelling oai:repositorio:1-15475 Pre-Columbian soil fertilization and current management maintain food resource availability in old-growth Amazonian forests Levis, Carolina Pena-Claros, Marielos Clement, Charles Roland Costa, Flávia Regina Capellotto Alves, Rubana Palhares Ferreira, Maria Julia Figueiredo, Camila Guarim Bongers, Frans Aims: The extent and persistence of pre-Columbian human legacies in old-growth Amazonian forests are still controversial, partly because modern societies re-occupied old settlements, challenging the distinction between pre- and post-Columbian legacies. Here, we compared the effects of pre-Columbian vs. recent landscape domestication processes on soils and vegetation in two Amazonian regions. Methods: We studied forest landscapes at varying distances from pre-Columbian and current settlements inside protected areas occupied by traditional and indigenous peoples in the lower Tapajós and the upper-middle Madeira river basins. By conducting 69 free-listing interviews, participatory mappings, guided-tours, 27 forest inventories, and soil analysis, we assessed the influences of pre-Columbian and current activities in soils and plant resources surrounding the settlements. Results: In both regions, we found that pre-Columbian villages were more densely distributed across the landscape than current villages. Soil nutrients (mainly Ca and P) were higher closer to pre-Columbian villages but were generally not related to current villages, suggesting past soil fertilization. Soil charcoal was frequent in all forests, suggesting frequent fire events. The density of domesticated plants used for food increased in phosphorus enriched soils. In contrast, the density of plants used for construction decreased near current villages. Conclusions: We detected a significant effect of past soil fertilization on food resources over extensive areas, supporting the hypothesis that pre-Columbian landscape domestication left persistent marks on Amazonian landscapes. Our results suggest that a combination of pre-Columbian phosphorus fertilization with past and current management drives plant resource availability in old-growth forests. © 2020, The Author(s). 2020-05-14T15:32:08Z 2020-05-14T15:32:08Z 2020 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/15475 10.1007/s11104-020-04461-z en Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazil http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/ application/pdf Plant and Soil
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description Aims: The extent and persistence of pre-Columbian human legacies in old-growth Amazonian forests are still controversial, partly because modern societies re-occupied old settlements, challenging the distinction between pre- and post-Columbian legacies. Here, we compared the effects of pre-Columbian vs. recent landscape domestication processes on soils and vegetation in two Amazonian regions. Methods: We studied forest landscapes at varying distances from pre-Columbian and current settlements inside protected areas occupied by traditional and indigenous peoples in the lower Tapajós and the upper-middle Madeira river basins. By conducting 69 free-listing interviews, participatory mappings, guided-tours, 27 forest inventories, and soil analysis, we assessed the influences of pre-Columbian and current activities in soils and plant resources surrounding the settlements. Results: In both regions, we found that pre-Columbian villages were more densely distributed across the landscape than current villages. Soil nutrients (mainly Ca and P) were higher closer to pre-Columbian villages but were generally not related to current villages, suggesting past soil fertilization. Soil charcoal was frequent in all forests, suggesting frequent fire events. The density of domesticated plants used for food increased in phosphorus enriched soils. In contrast, the density of plants used for construction decreased near current villages. Conclusions: We detected a significant effect of past soil fertilization on food resources over extensive areas, supporting the hypothesis that pre-Columbian landscape domestication left persistent marks on Amazonian landscapes. Our results suggest that a combination of pre-Columbian phosphorus fertilization with past and current management drives plant resource availability in old-growth forests. © 2020, The Author(s).
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author Levis, Carolina
spellingShingle Levis, Carolina
Pre-Columbian soil fertilization and current management maintain food resource availability in old-growth Amazonian forests
author2 Pena-Claros, Marielos
Clement, Charles Roland
Costa, Flávia Regina Capellotto
Alves, Rubana Palhares
Ferreira, Maria Julia
Figueiredo, Camila Guarim
Bongers, Frans
author2Str Pena-Claros, Marielos
Clement, Charles Roland
Costa, Flávia Regina Capellotto
Alves, Rubana Palhares
Ferreira, Maria Julia
Figueiredo, Camila Guarim
Bongers, Frans
title Pre-Columbian soil fertilization and current management maintain food resource availability in old-growth Amazonian forests
title_short Pre-Columbian soil fertilization and current management maintain food resource availability in old-growth Amazonian forests
title_full Pre-Columbian soil fertilization and current management maintain food resource availability in old-growth Amazonian forests
title_fullStr Pre-Columbian soil fertilization and current management maintain food resource availability in old-growth Amazonian forests
title_full_unstemmed Pre-Columbian soil fertilization and current management maintain food resource availability in old-growth Amazonian forests
title_sort pre-columbian soil fertilization and current management maintain food resource availability in old-growth amazonian forests
publisher Plant and Soil
publishDate 2020
url https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/15475
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