Ancient Amazonian populations left lasting impacts on forest structure

Ancient human disturbances may be skewing our understanding of Amazonian forests

(2017) Crystal N. H. McMichael et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition

(2017) C. Levis et al.   SCIENCE

Evaluating multiple causes of persistent low microwave backscatter from Amazon forests after the 2005 drought

(2017) Steve Frolking et al.   PLoS One

Sensor mapping of Amazonian Dark Earths in deforested croplands

(2016) Mats Söderström et al.   GEODERMA

An integrated pan-tropical biomass map using multiple reference datasets

(2016) Valerio Avitabile et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Holocene variability of an Amazonian hyperdominant

(2016) Mark B. Bush et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

(2016) Lourens Poorter et al.   NATURE

Geospatial modeling approach to monument construction using Michigan from A.D. 1000–1600 as a case study

(2016) Meghan C. L. Howey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A remotely sensed pigment index reveals photosynthetic phenology in evergreen conifers

(2016) John A. Gamon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ecological consequences of human niche construction: Examining long-term anthropogenic shaping of global species distributions

(2016) Nicole L. Boivin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A 6900-year history of landscape modification by humans in lowland Amazonia

(2016) M.B. Bush et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Long-term man–environment interactions in the Bolivian Amazon: 8000 years of vegetation dynamics

(2016) Sandra O. Brugger et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Examining spectral reflectance features related to foliar nitrogen in forests: Implications for broad-scale nitrogen mapping

(2016) Lucie C. Lepine et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Amazonian Dark Earth Shapes the Understory Plant Community in a Bolivian Forest

(2015) Estela Quintero-Vallejo et al.   BIOTROPICA

Toward an integrated monitoring framework to assess the effects of tropical forest degradation and recovery on carbon stocks and biodiversity

(2015) Mercedes M. C. Bustamante et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Amazonia and the Anthropocene: What was the spatial extent and intensity of human landscape modification in the Amazon Basin at the end of prehistory?

(2015) Dolores R Piperno et al.   HOLOCENE

Tropical-Forest Biomass Estimation at X-Band From the Spaceborne TanDEM-X Interferometer

(2015) Robert Treuhaft et al.   IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

The domestication of Amazonia before European conquest

(2015) Charles R. Clement et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Remote sensing of foliar nitrogen in cultivated grasslands of human dominated landscapes

(2015) Paul A. Pellissier et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Bamboo-dominated forests and pre-Columbian earthwork formations in south-western Amazonia

(2014) Crystal H. McMichael et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Amazon forests maintain consistent canopy structure and greenness during the dry season

(2014) Douglas C. Morton et al.   NATURE

Predicting pre-Columbian anthropogenic soils in Amazonia

(2014) C. H. McMichael et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dark earths and the human built landscape in Amazonia: a widespread pattern of anthrosol formation

(2013) Morgan J. Schmidt et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

The production, allocation and cycling of carbon in a forest on fertileterra pretasoil in eastern Amazonia compared with a forest on adjacent infertile soil

(2013) Christopher E. Doughty et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

(2013) M. C. Hansen et al.   SCIENCE

Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

(2013) H. ter Steege et al.   SCIENCE

State of the scientific knowledge on properties and genesis of Anthropogenic Dark Earths in Central Amazonia (terra preta de Índio)

(2012) Bruno Glaser et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Holocene fires, forest stability and human occupation in south-western Amazonia

(2012) Dunia H. Urrego et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Pre-Columbian fire regimes in lowland tropical rainforests of southeastern Peru

(2012) C.H. McMichael et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Sparse Pre-Columbian Human Habitation in Western Amazonia

(2012) C. H. McMichael et al.   SCIENCE

Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from tropical deforestation improved by carbon-density maps

(2012) A. Baccini et al.   Nature Climate Change

Neotropical human–landscape interactions, fire, and atmospheric CO2 during European conquest

(2011) R.J. Nevle et al.   HOLOCENE

Mapping forest canopy height globally with spaceborne lidar

(2011) Marc Simard et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Slash-burn-and-churn: Landscape history and crop cultivation in pre-Columbian Amazonia

(2011) Manuel Arroyo-Kalin   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

Tropical forest backscatter anomaly evident in SeaWinds scatterometer morning overpass data during 2005 drought in Amazonia

(2011) Steve Frolking et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Impact of spatial variability of tropical forest structure on radar estimation of aboveground biomass

(2011) Sassan Saatchi et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Secondary Forests on Anthropogenic Soils of the Middle Madeira River: Valuation, Local Knowledge, and Landscape Domestication in Brazilian Amazonia

(2010) André Braga Junqueira et al.   ECONOMIC BOTANY

Land Surface Water Index (LSWI) response to rainfall and NDVI using the MODIS Vegetation Index product

(2010) K. Chandrasekar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Exploring the likelihood and mechanism of a climate-change-induced dieback of the Amazon rainforest

(2009) Y. Malhi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pre-Columbian Urbanism, Anthropogenic Landscapes, and the Future of the Amazon

(2008) M. J. Heckenberger et al.   SCIENCE