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Explanation of Diversity
William Balée
Tulane University
wbalee@tulane.edu
Inventory pH Ca Mg Na K Sum Bases Base Sat (%) Acidity Al P O.M. Total N(%) Texture
Pampa 4.5 1.4 2.0 0.33 0.4 4.1 65 2.2 0.9 7 2.2 .17 silt
Species/area curve 1 ha forest on top
of Ibibate mound
• Ibibate Mound Complex did not result in
diminished species diversity through the
“paradox of enrichment” (Rosenzweig) or
because of other human-mediated
disturbance
Ka’apor free list respondent with investigator, 2008
Primary Landscape Transformation, Ibibate Mound Complex,
Sirionó Territory, E. Bolivian Amazon
Forest Islands near Ibibate Mound Complex: ancient primary landscape
transformation
Rice, Delta Region, Arkansas, August 2005:primary landscape transformation
Cotton, Delta Region, Arkansas, August 2005: primary landscape transformation
President of the Associação Ka’apor
at abandoned sawmill, July 2003
Ka’apor village near sawmill, 2003
Ka’apor back home
Source: http://www.fao.org
Tabebuia impetiginosa Standley, Ka’apor Reserve, n. 1 (tajy) or
n. 114 (tajy-te)
Tabebuia sp., E. Bolivian Amazon
Guajá woman with infant in infant carrying strap from Astrocaryum sp.
Fiber; Attalea sp. palms in background
• Attalea sp. cryptogeal germination, which
allows it to predominate in places that have
been burned in secondary landscape
transformation.
• Historical ecology brings together various
methods from several disciplines in
understanding human interactions with
landscapes over various phases of time.