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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106407
	Ecological responses to land use change in the face of European colonization of Haytí island
	Castilla-Beltrán A.; Hooghiemstra H.; Hoogland M.L.P.; Donders T.H.; Pagán-Jiménez J.R.; McMichael C.N.H.; Rolefes S.M.F.; Olijhoek T.; Herrera-Malatesta E.; Hung J.U.; Hofman C.L.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	241
英文摘要	Caribbean island ecosystems underwent significant landscape transformations in the centuries after Columbus landed in the archipelago in AD1492, but there is no agreement as to the degree and extent of pre-Columbian human impacts and the long-term trends of ecosystem disturbance and recovery. Here, we present an integrative analysis of three palaeoenvironmental records in the northern Caribbean island of Haytí (currently Dominican Republic and Haiti), to assess regional landscape transformation and human impacts in pre- and post-Columbian times. We examine biotic and abiotic indicators of landscape and ecosystem change along the Columbus’ Route, the first European extractive transport route built in the Americas. Our data show that indigenous populations transformed the landscape between 1000 and 450 cal yr BP through slash-and-burn agricultural practices. Depopulation and forced population displacement through relocation of indigenous people into Spanish mining areas triggered the recovery and expansion of forests in the valley, coastal plain and mountains. In contrast, mangroves near the first permanent European colonial outpost in the Americas (La Isabela) underwent no significant impacts related to climatic, indigenous, and early colonial pressures. All ecosystems studied have suffered degradation through deforestation during the last 200 years leading to the present fragmented landscapes. In islands with long histories of human settlement such as Haytí, reconstructing temporal and spatial aspects of human transformations and impacts on the environment is crucial to improving our understanding of the drivers and mechanisms of ecosystem degradation and recovery. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Archaeology; Caribbean; Colonial rule; Columbus; Ecological degradation; Ecosystems; Forest regrowth; Indigenous; Island palaeoecology; Land use
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Agricultural robots; Deforestation; Land use; Landforms; Population statistics; Recovery; Agricultural practices; Ecological response; Ecosystem degradation; Ecosystem disturbance; Fragmented landscapes; Integrative analysis; Regional landscapes; Temporal and spatial; Ecosystems; archipelago; coastal plain; deforestation; ecological approach; environmental degradation; human settlement; land use change; mining industry; relocation; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Hispaniola; Rhizophoraceae
来源期刊	Quaternary Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151415
作者单位	Department of Ecosystem and Landscape Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam, 1098XH, Netherlands; Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Netherlands; School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Palaeoecology, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, Utrecht, 3584 CB, Netherlands; Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo and Museo del Hombre Dominicano, Dominican Republic
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Castilla-Beltrán A.,Hooghiemstra H.,Hoogland M.L.P.,et al. Ecological responses to land use change in the face of European colonization of Haytí island[J],2020,241.
APA	Castilla-Beltrán A..,Hooghiemstra H..,Hoogland M.L.P..,Donders T.H..,Pagán-Jiménez J.R..,...&Hofman C.L..(2020).Ecological responses to land use change in the face of European colonization of Haytí island.Quaternary Science Reviews,241.
MLA	Castilla-Beltrán A.,et al."Ecological responses to land use change in the face of European colonization of Haytí island".Quaternary Science Reviews 241(2020).