Palms and People in the Amazon
This book explores the degree to which landscapes have been enriched with palms by human activities and the importance of palms for the lives of people in the region today and historically. Palms are a prominent feature of many landscapes in Amazonia, and
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Nigel Smith
Palms and People in the Amazon
Geobotany Studies Basics, Methods and Case Studies Editor Franco Pedrotti University of Camerino Camerino Italy Editorial Board S. Bartha, Vacratot, Hungary F. Bioret, University of Brest, France E.O. Box, University of Georgia, Athens, USA ˇ arni, Slovenian Academy of Sciences, Ljubljana (Slovenia) A. C K. Fujiwara, University of Yokohama, Japan D. Gafta, University “Babes-Bolyai” of Cluj-Napoca (Romania) J.-M. Ge´hu, Inter-Phyto, Nouvion sur Ponthieux, France J. Loidi, University of Bilbao, Spain L. Mucina, University of Perth, Australia S. Pignatti, University of Rome, Italy R. Pott, University of Hannover, Germany A. Velasquez, Centro de Investigacion en Sciencias Ambientales, Morelia, Mexico R. Venanzoni, University of Perugia, Italy
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The series includes outstanding monographs and collections of papers on a given topic in the following fields: Phytogeography, Phytosociology, Plant Community Ecology, Biocoenology, Vegetation Science, Eco-informatics, Landscape Ecology, Vegetation Mapping, Plant Conservation Biology and Plant Diversity. Contributions are expected to reflect the latest theoretical and methodological developments or to present new applications at large spatial or temporal scales that could reinforce our understanding of ecological processes acting at the phytocoenosis and vegetation landscape level. Case studies based on large data sets are also considered, provided they support habitat classification refinement, plant diversity conservation or vegetation change prediction. Geobotany Studies: Basics, Methods and Case Studies is the successor to Braun-Blanquetia published by the University of Camerino between 1984 and 2011 with cooperation of Station Internationale de Phytosociologie (Bailleul-France) and Dipartimento di Botanica ed Ecologia (Universite´ de Camerino - Italia) and under the aegis of Societe´ Amicale Francophone de Phytosociologie, Societe´ Francaise de Phytosociologie, Rheinold Tuexen Gesellschaft and the Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. This series aims to promote the expansion, evolution and application of the invaluable scientific legacy of the Braun-Blanquetia school.
Nigel Smith
Palms and People in the Amazon
Nigel Smith Department of Geography University of Florida Gainesville, FL USA
ISSN 2198-2562 ISSN 2198-2570 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-05508-4 ISBN 978-3-319-05509-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-05509-1 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014948187 # Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electroni
