Cultural Plant Geography

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Abstract

Cultural plant geography has undergirded the research career of William M. Denevan. Rooted in human-environment geography, Denevan’s contributions provided landmark advances. He first utilized cultural plant geography in research on the region-scale anthropogenic influences and human use of tropical pine forests in Central America. Denevan subsequently directed this approach to research on the landscapes and adaptive strategies of the tropical lowland agriculture of indigenous groups. Subsequently it was central to his comprehensive analysis of Amazonian and Andean landscapes, global-scale synthesis, and interpretation such as the anti- Pristine Myth project, and the current interdisciplinary subfields of historical ecology, social forests, and agrobiodiversity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationForest, Field, and Fallow
Subtitle of host publicationSelections by William M. Denevan
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages105-114
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9783030424800
ISBN (Print)9783030424794
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • General Social Sciences
  • General Arts and Humanities

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