The slow demise of Easter Island: insights from a modelling investigation

The history of Easter Island and its supposed social-ecological collapse is often taken as a grim warning for the modern world. However, while the loss of a once lush palm forest is largely uncontested, causes and timing of the collapse remain controversial, because many paleoeological and archaeolo...

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Main Authors: Gunnar eBrandt, Agostino eMerico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2015.00013/full