A palaeoecological perspective on the transformation of the tropical Andes by early human activity

Palaeoecological records suggest that humans have been in the Andes since at least 14 000 years ago. Early human impacts on Andean ecosystems included an increase in fire activity and the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna. These changes in Andean ecosystems coincided with rapid climate change...

• Autor principal: Bush, M.B. (author)
• Outros Autores: Rozas Davila, R. (author), Raczka, M. (author), Nascimento, M. (author), Valencia, Bryan G. (author), Sales, R. K. (author), McMichael, C. N. H. (author), Gosling, W. D. (author)
• Formato: article
• Publicado em: 2022
• Assuntos: Palaeoecologica; Andes tropicales; Actividad humana
• Acesso em linha: http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0497; http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/502