Mushroom collecting for beginners

Groves, James Walton.; Canada, .

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“…3 Unfortunately, the creation of an isolation model is presently limited by what we do not know about Polynesian migration and voyaging. For example, even the genetic relationships of Pacific pigs-and by proxy their pattern of dispersal across Oceania-is understood in only the most general of ways (Allen et al 2001;Groves 1983;Matisoo-Smith 2001).…”

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No Pig Atoll: Island Biogeography and the Extirpation of a Polynesian Domesticate

Giovas¹

2006

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The significance of the domestic pig, Sus scrofa, to prehistoric Polynesians is hinted at by its inclusion among the species that they transported with them as they colonized Oceania. However, archaeological data reveal a pattern of pig distribution far more extensive in prehistory than at historic contact. Domestic mammal extirpation is a phenomenon apparently unique to prehistoric Polynesia. Although well recognized, the local extinction of domestic pigs in Polynesia prior to European contact has yet to be satisfactorily explained. Earlier accounts attributed the patchy distribution of pigs across the Island South Pacific to intentional extermination by their Polynesian keepers. More recent approaches seek to understand the disappearance of these animals within a biogeographic and ecological framework. Here, I test the hypothesis that the success of pig husbandry is correlated with ecological variables and demonstrate that the likelihood of pig extinction increases with decreasing island size.

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No Pig Atoll: Island Biogeography and the Extirpation of a Polynesian Domesticate

Giovas¹

2006

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Mushroom collecting for beginners

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No Pig Atoll: Island Biogeography and the Extirpation of a Polynesian Domesticate

No Pig Atoll: Island Biogeography and the Extirpation of a Polynesian Domesticate

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