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. 2017 May 23;114(21):E4118-E4119.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1705585114. Epub 2017 May 15.

Further evidence for localized, short-term anthropogenic forest alterations across pre-Columbian Amazonia

Dolores R Piperno  1   2 , Crystal McMichael  3 , Mark B Bush  4
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Further evidence for localized, short-term anthropogenic forest alterations across pre-Columbian Amazonia

Dolores R Piperno et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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    Watling J, Iriarte J, Mayle FE, Schaan D, Pessenda LC, Loader NJ, Street-Perrott FA, Dickau RE, Damasceno A, Ranzi A. Watling J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Feb 21;114(8):1868-1873. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1614359114. Epub 2017 Feb 6. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017. PMID: 28167791 Free PMC article.

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