Assessing Legacies of Past Human Activities in Amazonia

Project Information

ALPHA

Grant agreement ID: 853394

DOI

10.3030/853394

Project closed

EC signature date 25 October 2019

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 31 December 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 481 378,00

EU contribution

€ 1 481 378,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

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Deliverables

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Data management plan

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (27)

Phytoliths in modern plants from amazonia and the neotropics at large: Implications for vegetation history reconstruction

Author(s): Dolores R. Piperno, Crystal N.H. McMichael
Published in: Quaternary International, Issue 565, 2020, Page(s) 54-74, ISSN 1040-6182
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.043

A 5,000-year vegetation and fire history for tierra firme forests in the Medio Putumayo-Algodón watersheds, northeastern Peru

Author(s): Dolores R. Piperno, Crystal H. McMichael, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Juan Ernesto Guevara Andino, Marcos Ríos Paredes, Britte M. Heijink, Luis A. Torres-Montenegro
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 118/40, 2021, Page(s) e2022213118, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2022213118

A Late Pleistocene coastal ecosystem in French Guiana was hyperdiverse relative to today

Author(s): Pierre-Olivier Antoine, Linde N. Wieringa, Sylvain Adnet, Orangel Aguilera, Stéphanie C. Bodin, Stephen Cairns, Carlos A. Conejeros-Vargas, Jean-Jacques Cornée, Žilvinas Ežerinskis, Jan Fietzke, Natacha O. Gribenski, Sandrine Grouard, Austin Hendy, Carina Hoorn, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Martin R. Langer, Javier Luque, Laurent Marivaux, Pierre Moissette, Kees Nooren, Frédéric Quillévéré, Just
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 121, 2024, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2311597121

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

Author(s): M. B. Bush, A. Rozas-Davila, M. Raczka, M. Nascimento, B. Valencia, R. K. Sales, C. N. H. McMichael, W. D. Gosling
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 377, 2022, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0497

Fire in the clouds: How changing land use shaped an Andean biodiversity hotspot

Author(s): Majoi de Novaes Nascimento, Crystal N.H. McMichael, Zoe Kleijwegt, Christine Åkesson, Charlotte Gredal, S. Yoshi Maezumi, Mark B. Bush, William D. Gosling
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews, Issue 317, 2023, Page(s) 108278, ISSN 0277-3791
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108278

Ecological legacies of past human activities in Amazonian forests

Author(s): Crystal N.H. McMichael
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 229/5, 2021, Page(s) 2492-2496, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16888

Ecological Legacies and Ethnotourism: Bridging Science and Community in Ecuador’s Amazonia

Author(s): Fausto O. Sarmiento, Mark B. Bush, Crystal N. H. McMichael, C. Renato Chávez, Jhony F. Cruz, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, Anandam Kavoori, John Weatherford, Carter A. Hunt
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 16, 2024, Page(s) 4664, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su16114664

Past human‐induced ecological legacies as a driver of modern Amazonian resilience

Author(s): Crystal N. H. McMichael, Mark B. Bush, Juan C. Jiménez, William D. Gosling
Published in: People and Nature, Issue 5, 2023, Page(s) 1415-1429, ISSN 2575-8314
Publisher: British Ecological Society
DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10510

A modern analogue matching approach to characterize fire temperatures and plant species from charcoal

Author(s): S. Yoshi Maezumi, William D. Gosling, Judith Kirschner, Manuel Chevalier, Henk L. Cornelissen, Thilo Heinecke, Crystal N.H. McMichael
Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Issue 578, 2021, Page(s) 110580, ISSN 0031-0182
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110580

Long‐term ecological legacies in western Amazonia

Author(s): Christine M. Åkesson, Crystal N. H. McMichael, Marco F. Raczka, Seringe N. Huisman, Mona Palmeira, Johnny Vogel, David Neill, Jason Veizaj, Mark B. Bush
Published in: Journal of Ecology, Issue 109/1, 2021, Page(s) 432-446, ISSN 0022-0477
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13501

Quantifying local-scale changes in Amazonian forest cover using phytoliths

Author(s): Nina H. Witteveen, Ansis Blaus, Marco F. Raczka, Christina Herrick, Mike Palace, Majoi N. Nascimento, Emiel E. Van Loon, William D. Gosing, Mark B. Bush, Crystal N.H. McMichael
Published in: Frontiers of Biogeography, Issue 16, 2024, ISSN 1948-6596
Publisher: Pensoft
DOI: 10.21425/f5fbg62254

Indigenous and colonial influences on Amazonian forests

Author(s): Majoi N. Nascimento, Teye F. N. Aukes, Crystal N. H. McMichael
Published in: PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Issue 6, 2024, Page(s) 803-823, ISSN 2572-2611
Publisher: New Phytologist
DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10515

Phytolith assemblages reflect variability in human land use and the modern environment

Author(s): Nina H. Witteveen, Cheryl White, Barbara A. Sanchez Martinez, Roemer Booij, Annemarie Philip, William D. Gosling, Mark B. Bush, Crystal N. H. McMichael
Published in: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, Issue 33, 2024, Page(s) 221-236, ISSN 0939-6314
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-023-00932-2

Spatial and temporal abilities of proxies used to detect pre-Columbian Indigenous human activity in Amazonian ecosystems

Author(s): C.N.H. McMichael, C. Levis, W.D. Gosling, A.B. Junqueira, D.R. Piperno, E.G. Neves, F. Mayle, M. Peña-Claros, F. Bongers
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews, Issue 321, 2024, Page(s) 108354, ISSN 0277-3791
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108354

The variability of Amazonian palm phytoliths

Author(s): N.H. Witteveen, C.E.M. Hobus, A. Philip, D.R. Piperno, C.N.H. McMichael
Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Issue 300, 2022, Page(s) 104613, ISSN 0034-6667
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104613

On the scaling and standardization of charcoal data in paleofire reconstructions

Author(s): Crystal N.H. McMichael, Britte M. Heijink, Mark B. Bush, William D. Gosling
Published in: Frontiers of Biogeography, Issue 13/1, 2021, ISSN 1948-6596
Publisher: eScholarship
DOI: 10.21425/f5fbg49431

Pre‐contact and post‐colonial ecological legacies shape Surinamese rainforests

Author(s): Nina H. Witteveen, Cheryl White, Barbara A. Sánchez‐Martínez, Annemarie Philip, Femke Boyd, Roemer Booij, Reyan Christ, Santosh Singh, William D. Gosling, Dolores R. Piperno, Crystal N. H. McMichael
Published in: Ecology, Issue 105, 2024, ISSN 0012-9658
Publisher: Ecological Society of America
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4272

Widespread reforestation before European influence on Amazonia

Author(s): M. B. Bush, M. N. Nascimento, C. M. Åkesson, G. M. Cárdenes-Sandí, S. Y. Maezumi, H. Behling, A. Correa-Metrio, W. Church, S. N. Huisman, T. Kelly, F. E. Mayle, C. N. H. McMichael
Published in: Science, Issue 372/6541, 2021, Page(s) 484-487, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.abf3870

Charcoal abundance measurements are affected by freeze-drying

Author(s): Majoi N. Nascimento, Julian Beltran, Camille Bressers, Jona van Delft, Jordan Vermeulen, Sue de Ron, Annemiek Bruijn, Marco F. Raczka, S. Yoshi Maezumi, William D. Gosling, Mark B. Bush, Crystal N.H. McMichael
Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Issue 629, 2024, Page(s) 111790, ISSN 0031-0182
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111790

Long‐term fire and vegetation change in northwestern Amazonia

Author(s): Britte M. Heijink; Quinten A. Mattijs; Renato Valencia; Annemarie L. Philip; Dolores R. Piperno; Crystal N. H. McMichael
Published in: Biotropica, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 0006-3606
Publisher: Association for Tropical Biology, Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/btp.13175

Quantifying past forest cover and biomass changes in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Author(s): Nina H. Witteveen, Zoë S. Kleijwegt, Hana Geara, Cathelijne Kool, Ansis Blaus, Lina Cabrera Saenz, Bianca Tacoronte Gomes, Annemarie Philip, Mark B. Bush, Crystal N. H. McMichael
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 245, 2025, Page(s) 141-153, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.20237

Early to mid-Holocene human activity exerted gradual influences on Amazonian forest vegetation

Author(s): Majoi N. Nascimento, Britte M. Heijink, Mark B. Bush, William D. Gosling, Crystal N. H. McMichael
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 377, 2024, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0498

Warming, drought, and disturbances lead to shifts in functional composition: A millennial‐scale analysis for Amazonian and Andean sites

Author(s): Masha T. van der Sande, Mark B. Bush, Christine M. Åkesson, Juan Carlos Berrio, Alex Correia Metrio, Suzette G. A. Flantua, Henry Hooghiemstra, S. Yoshi Maezumi, Crystal N. H. McMichael, Encarni Montoya, Nicole A. S. Mosblech, Majoi de Novaes Nascimento, Marielos Peña‐Claros, Lourens Poorter, Marco F. Raczka, William D. Gosling
Published in: Global Change Biology, Issue 29, 2023, Page(s) 4775-4792, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16818

Past Fire and Vegetation Change in the Hyperdiverse Forests of the Ecuadorian Amazon

Author(s): Britte M. Heijink, Annabel Zwarts, Nina H. Witteveen, Jessica Watson, Arie Ebbenhorst, Fedde Veenman, Mats Kessel, Susana León-Yánez, Juan Ernesto Guevara-Andino, María-José Endara, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, Mark B. Bush, Crystal N. H. McMichael
Published in: Plants, Issue 13, 2024, Page(s) 2048, ISSN 2223-7747
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants13152048

Scarce fire activity in north and north-western Amazonian forests during the last 10,000 years

Author(s): William D. Gosling, S. Yoshi Maezumi, Britte M. Heijink, Majoi N. Nascimento, Marco F. Raczka, Masha T. van der Sande, Mark B. Bush, Crystal N.H. McMichael
Published in: Plant Ecology & Diversity, Issue 14, 2022, Page(s) 143-156, ISSN 1755-0874
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2021.2008040

Ecological legacies of past fire and human activity in a Panamanian forest

Author(s): Crystal N. H. McMichael; Veerle Vink; Britte M. Heijink; Nina H. Witteveen; Dolores R. Piperno; William D. Gosling; Mark B. Bush
Published in: Plants, People, Planet, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2572-2611
Publisher: New Phytologist
DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10344

Potential distributions of pre-Columbian people in Tropical Andean landscapes

Author(s): Rachel K. Sales, Crystal N. H. McMichael, Suzette G. A. Flantua, Kimberley Hagemans, Jesse R. Zondervan, Catalina González-Arango, Warren B. Church, Mark B. Bush
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 377, 2022, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0502

Other (3)

Supplementary figures from Early to Mid-Holocene human activity exerted gradual influences on Amazonian forest vegetation

Author(s): Nascimento, Majoi N.; Heijink, Britte M.; Bush, Mark; Gosling, William; McMichael, Crystal
Published in: Issue 1, 2022
Publisher: The Royal Society

Additional Supplementary Material from Potential distributions of pre-Columbian people in Tropical Andean landscapes

Author(s): Sales, Rachel; McMichael, Crystal; Flantua, Suzette G. A.; Hagemans, Kimberley; Zondervan, Jesse R.; Gonz��lez-Arango, Catalina; Church, Warren; Bush, Mark
Published in: Issue 1, 2022
Publisher: The Royal Society

Additional data for records that contributed to the compilation of fig. 3 from A palaeoecological perspective on the transformation of the tropical Andes by early human activity

Author(s): Bush, M. B.; Rozas-Davila, A.; Raczka, M.; Nascimento, M.; Valencia, B.; Sales, R. K.; McMichael, C. N. H.; Gosling, W. D.
Published in: Issue 1, 2022
Publisher: The Royal Society