Paleoecology of Easter Island: Natural and Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecological Change

• Main Author: Santiago Giralt (auth)
• Other Authors: Valentí Rull (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Rapa Nui; Last millennia; Climate Change; Easter Iisland; Cultural collapse; cultural change; Ecological collapse; deforestation
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

After more than three decades of paleoecological research, the potential role of climatic and anthropogenic drivers on Easter Island's ecological and cultural change is still under discussion. This eBook aims to provide a synthetic view of the topic using evidence from different research fields...