The Domain of the Replicators

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Toponymic Data Helps to Reveal the Occurrence of Previously Unknown Populations of Wild Zamia pumila L. on Volcanic Substrates in South Central Puerto Rico

“…Historical ecology brings an ideal framework for understanding long term human-plant interaction processes (sensu Balée 2006; Erickson 2008) that could help us gain refined information on the role pre -Columbian populations played in many aspects of Zamia biology and biogeography through time. Historical ecology derives from the understanding that rather than "adapt to" or be "limited by" the environment, humans created, transformed, and managed cultural or anthropogenic (human-made) landscapes that suited their purposes (Erickson 2008; see also Lansing and Cox 2011;Smith 2011). Wild plants such as Zamia sp., together with human agents through time, could be easily placed within this scenario in the Antilles considering our findings.…”

Toponymic Data Helps to Reveal the Occurrence of Previously Unknown Populations of Wild Zamia pumila L. on Volcanic Substrates in South Central Puerto Rico

“…Historical ecology brings an ideal framework for understanding long term human-plant interaction processes (sensu Balée 2006;Erickson 2008) that could help us gain refined information on the role pre -Columbian populations played in many aspects of Zamia biology and biogeography through time. Historical ecology derives from the understanding that rather than "adapt to" or be "limited by" the environment, humans created, transformed, and managed cultural or anthropogenic (human-made) landscapes that suited their purposes (Erickson 2008; see also Lansing and Cox 2011;Smith 2011). Wild plants such as Zamia sp., together with human agents through time, could be easily placed within this scenario in the Antilles considering our findings.…”