Cultural and Environmental Predictors of Pre-European Deforestation on Pacific Islands.

The varied islands of the Pacific provide an ideal natural experiment for studying the factors shaping human impact on the environment. Previous research into pre-European deforestation across the Pacific indicated a major effect of environment but did not account for cultural variation or control f...

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Main Authors: Quentin D Atkinson, Ties Coomber, Sam Passmore, Simon J Greenhill, Geoff Kushnick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4883741?pdf=render