Settlement and anthropization of the Azores Islands

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Comment #110 Valentí Rull @ 2023-08-17 23:12

A peer-reviewed version of this manuscript has been accepted in Journal of Biogeography

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Valentí Rull

Abstract

The landscape of the Azores Islands is one of the most deeply transformed among oceanic islands, as most of their original forests have been replaced by other vegetation types introduced from elsewhere. This has been considered a large-scale unintentional ecological and biogeographical experiment on the assembly of island biotas and ecosystems. These transformations are known to have been caused by the Portuguese colonizers who occupied the archipelago in the mid-15th century, but whether they were the first settlers and the main anthropization agents is currently under debate. This paper briefly discusses the contrasting views based on the most recent literature.

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https://doi.org/10.31223/X5Q07K

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Life Sciences

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Azores, settlement, anthropization, deforestation, fire, cultivation, grazing, native vegetation, introduced forests

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Published: 2023-04-07 02:20

Last Updated: 2023-05-07 16:01

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