Amazonian exploitation revisited: ecological asymmetry and the policy pendulum

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Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Bush, Mark B; Silman, Miles R

Source:

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Volume 5, Number 9, p.457-465 (2007)

URL:

http://www.frontiersinecology.org/paleoecology/bush.pdf

Abstract:

The influence of pre-Columbian human populations on Amazonian ecosystems is being actively debated. The longstandingview that Amazonia was only minimally impacted by human actions has been challenged, and a new paradigmof Amazonia as a

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